Oregon Historical Society
History Pub: Trees, Landscapes, Climate, and What Comes Next
McMenamins' Kennedy School Theater 5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland, OR, United StatesAs we endure another season of heat waves and catastrophic wildfires, Vivek Shandas and Joshua Howe will discuss the historic and contemporary relationships among Oregon’s trees, rural and urban forests, […]
History Pub: The Past, Present and Future of Indigenous Fire Knowledge
McMenamins' Kennedy School Theater 5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland, OR, United StatesSince time immemorial, Indigenous people in the Pacific Northwest have been tending to the land with fire. Indigenous ways of knowing and understanding a place come from generations of careful exploration, experimentation, and observation. In recent centuries, non-Native ideas about fire and its relationships to land and people have dominated management policies and practices. As […]
History Pub: Indigenous knowledge and cultural burning
McMenamins' Kennedy School Theater 5736 NE 33rd Ave., Portland, OR, United StatesPresented by Oregon Historical Society and World Forestry Center, this program is hosted at McMenamin’s Kennedy School. It is the second in a two-part series about forests, climate, and history; the first program on August 26 features a discussion about historic and contemporary relationships among Oregon’s trees, rural and urban forests, and climate change. Learn more […]