Champinefu Lecture Series | 2017-Present
Spring Creek Project has been honored to co-sponsor the annual Champinefu Lecture Series since it began in 2017. "Champinefu" is the Kalapuya name for the lower Marys River Valley area now called Corvallis and Philomath in Benton County, Oregon.
Each year, topics and speakers are chosen by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. The lectures have been a mix of online webinars and in-person events at venues such as the Majestic Theatre in downtown Corvallis, Oregon. Additional program partners have included the Marys Peak Group of the Sierra Club and the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library.
Champinefu Lecture Topics
The following is a sampling of the topics and speakers featured in this far-reaching series:
- Stories and Songs of the Kalapuya, presented by Esther and Shannin Stutzman
- Spiritual Practices of the Kalapuya, presented by Eirik Thorsgard
- Ethnobotany of the Kalapuya, presented by Doug Deur and David Harrelson
- The Kalapuya Mounds, presented by Tia Cody
- Regional Indigenous Art, presented by Travis Stewart
- Changes in the Land | Oregon 1800 to 2020, presented by Stephen Dow Beckman
- StoryMap: Indigenous Naming of Creeks on Marys Peak, presented by Jesse Norton and Greg Archuleta
- Fire Since Time Immemorial: An Indigenous Fire Chronology for Western Oregon, presented by David Harrelson, Dustin Hawks, and Amanda Rau
- Trees & Forests of Marys Peak: The Stories They Tell, presented by Greg Archuleta and Ed Jensen
- Oregon's Water: What Coyote Can Teach Us, presented by Kathleen George
- Shawala: Birthplace of William Hartless, presented by Jedd Schrock
- The Kalapuya Seasonal Round, presented by David Lewis
- Indigenous Placekeeping in Corvallis and at the Confluence, presented by Davi Harrelson, Travis Stewart, Shirod Younker, Matthew Williams, Stephanie Fogel, Anthony Hudson, and Carla Rossi
Some of the Champinefu Lectures held virtually are available for viewing online.