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Date(s) - June 8, 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Stephanie Craig is one of few basket weavers in the Grand Ronde tradition. Join Stephanie and others as you learn about traditional lifeways, culture, traditional ecological knowledge, see samples of traditional foods, medicine and utilitarian plants. Stephanie will also share family belongings that have been passed down for generations, as well as traditional tools. You will learn multiple traditional weaving techniques, including different starts and rims, and learn proper gathering, processing, cleaning, and storage methods. In addition, you will learn how to process raw cedar bark, and complete and take home a finished woven cedar basket by the end of the class.
- Class size is limited and pre-registration is required
- Registration includes both Saturday and Sunday (6/7 & 6/8)
- Visit the Saturday, June 7th listing to register
- Registration closes Friday, June 6th at 4:00pm
About the instructor: anqati temtem tenas siyaxus translates to old soul young eyes. My American name is Stephanie Craig, on my Mother’s side I’m Santiam and Yoncalla Kalapuya, Takelma Rogue River, Cow Creek Umpqua, Clackamas Chinook, Mohawk, Metis and more, and enrolled in The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in Oregon.
Stephanie is a seventh generation traditional basket weaver, Oregon Culture Keeper, I/TEK practitioner, anthropologist, and cultural museum consultant. Stephanie grew up listening to her great great Aunties, Grandmother and Tribal Elders talking about and actively using basketry that has been in their family for over 100 years. She has been weaving and teaching for over half her life.
Stephanie has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cultural Anthropology with an emphasis on archaeology of the northwest Native American cultures, and fulfilled the foreign language requirement with her tribal language, Chinuk Wawa. She also has an interdisciplinary Masters of Arts degree of coursework in Cultural Anthropology with a focus on archaeology of western Oregon Native American Culture, Cultural Museum Studies with a focus on collections management, curation, education and interpretation, and Folklore.Stephanie has held internships at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American Indian Archives Department, the University of Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Tamástslikt Cultural Institute for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, as well as with traditional basket weavers from California, Oregon and Washington.
“As a culture keeper and bearer, it is part of my job to help educate and document our cultural heritage and our traditions. I’m committed to preserving our cultural practices for future generations and to continue on the traditions of our Elders”. Stephanie was the Collections Registrar at The Confederated Tribe’s of Grand Ronde Chachalu Museum and Cultural Center, an artist, and owner of Kalapuya Weaving and Consulting.
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