Slides from the Deschutes Land Trust's Nature Night presentation by Elizabeth Woody, Executive Director at The Museum at Warm Springs considering the connections between people and the land.

1. “How does art and culture engage
and empower?”
Traditional unity, the humble dignity,
and purity in intention— wholeness.
Ultimately, we restore life with our
attention and devotion.
Each hears the echoing water within.
Each bears the Earth’s renewal as a
personal responsibility. We become
one with the “obdurate Earth.”
http://www.nativewiki.org/Elizabeth_Woody
ELIZABETH WOODY
Navajo/Warm Springs/Wasco/Yakama
Born for Bitter Water
Creative Thinker and Maker

3. • WATER (Chuush) starts and ends our
meals.
• We start and end our day with a sip.
• Beside the Great River N’Chiwana the
food chiefs are recognized in order
from the river to the mountains.
• We have four sacred foods: Salmon
(Waykanash), Deer (Winat). These
first two are tended to by the men’s
side.
• They are Little Relatives.

4. Roots (Xnit) and Berries (Tmanit).
The foods and water are religious sacrament.
The women’s side of caretaking our little
relatives.

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25. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND TIME