The Champinefu Series: The Future of Indigenous Food in the Kalapuya Ilihi

Spring Creek Project Presents: The Champinefu Series: The Future of Indigenous Food in the Kalapuya Ilihi

To kick off the 2025 Champinefu Series, join David Harrelson, Cultural Resources Department Manager of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, for an overview of Indigenous foods efforts within the Kalapuya ilihi (Willamette Valley). His talk will be followed by a conversation with a panel of local Indigenous food activists who are contributing to the native food sovereignty movement.

• Francene Ambrose, Grand Ronde Program Manager, Iskam MǝkʰMǝk-Haws
• Danita Macy, SNAP-Ed/FCH Outreach Program Coordinator in the Urban Indigenous Unit of the Indigenous People's Workgroup at OSU, Oregon State University Extension Service
• Luhui Whitebear, Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies and OSU Indigenous Studies Program Coordinator and liaison for OSU Food Program Indigenous Foods
• Panel Host: Adam Davis, Executive Director for Oregon Humanities

The annual Champinefu Series is presented by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Cultural Resources Department with support from the Marys Peak Group of the Sierra Club; Spring Creek Project; Corvallis-Benton County Public Library; Corvallis Sustainability Coalition; and OSU's School of Language, Culture and Society.

This event is free and open to all, and seating is first come, first served.

Tabling and Book Sale

Arrive a bit early to browse tables in Toomey Lobby that will include:

• The display by the OSU Indigenous Studies Program about returning Indigenous Canoe Culture to the Mid-Willamette and Marys (Pinefu in Kalapuya) Rivers for the first time since March 20, 1856.
• A Grass Roots Books table featuring Indigenous books recommended by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde.