Join the Aurora Colony Museum for an evening presentation and biergarten with special presenter and author David G. Lewis about his book Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley. Books will be available to purchase that evening or in advance in the Museum Gift Store. A book signing will follow the presentation. All ages are welcome.
Snacks and beverages available at an additional cost.
Suggested donation $8
Admission is free for members, with advanced RSVP. Members who attend will be entered into a raffle with a chance to win a copy of the book.
To RSVP, click the link above, select quantity of tickets in the drop down and click on the time of the event. You may also RSVP via info@auroracolony.org or by calling 503-678-5754.
Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley by David G. Lewis
The Willamette Valley is rich with history—its riverbanks, forests, and mountains home to the tribes of Kalapuya, Chinook, Molalla, and more for thousands of years. This history has been largely unrecorded, incomplete, poorly researched, or partially told. In these stories, enriched by photographs and maps, Oregon Indigenous historian David G. Lewis combines years of researching historical documents and collecting oral stories, highlighting Native perspectives about the history of the Willamette Valley as they experienced it.
About the Author
David G. Lewis, PhD and member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, is a recognized researcher, scholar, writer and assistant professor of anthropology and Indigenous studies at Oregon State University. His publications include “Willamette Valley Treaties,” “A History of Native Peoples of the Eugene, Cascades & Coast Region,” and others.
For more than twenty years, Lewis has been passionate about studying the original histories of the people of Oregon and California and has an extensive record of collaborative projects with regional scholars, tribes, local governments, and communities. Lewis’s research specializes in the history of Kalapuyans and other Western Oregon tribes, which he explores through journal essays and on his blog The Quartux Journal. He currently resides in Chemeketa, now Salem, Oregon, with his wife, Donna, and two sons, Saghaley and Inatye.
