Credit: Enna Helms

Oregon Origins Project IX: Voices from the Mist

Woodstock

When

Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026

6 p.m.

Cost: Starting at $10.00

Where

Reed College

3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard
Portland, OR, 97202

The following description was submitted by the event organizer.

Oregon Origins Project presents a one-of-a-kind gathering of artists and culture bearers of Oregon’s south-central coastal tribes. Sculptor, carver, and educator Shirod Younker, Coquille, miluk (Coos), Umpqua, will emcee the event. Presenters include: Jesse Beers, quuiich (Lower Umpqua), sha’yuushtɬ’a (Siuslaw), cultural stewardship manager; Enna Helms, miluk (Coos), language teacher, regalia and basket maker; and Ayuthea LaPier, hanis (Coos), Blackfeet, Tlingit, Métis, beadworker, basketmaker, and cultural burning practitioner. 

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Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians

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Jesse Beers

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Enna Helms

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Ayuthea LaPier

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Shirod Younker

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Enna Helms

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