<div>Dear Friends,</div><div><br></div><div>It's my pleasure to extend an invitation to a unique program this Wednesday evening (see details attached and below) and share a quote in line with the spirit of this event. The quote is from Nicholas Jackson, an Ahtna leader and elder who has witnessed tremendous change to his people's way of life in the Copper River region of Alaska.</div>
<div><br></div><div>"Right now I’m starting to talk to my grandson, trying to teach him different words for herbs, different kinds of herbs. He’s three years old and he remembers what I tell him... I wish he was older right now so he could go hunting with me. I do a lot of hunting, I go way out and just camp. How to preserve your meat when you do get it out there, and how to butcher it up, all of that needs to be handed down to someone. And our cultural ways… I think that it needs to be handed down, for our traditional cultural way, otherwise you’re just going to die off. A lot of our ways right now, like I said, preserving for tomorrow is something that people are starting to realize what’s happening with development or whatever that they lost a lot of game and fish because of not looking down the road. With this new generation, if you teach them, they’ll think about tomorrow, and preserving it. I think a lot of that needs to be handed down; educate the younger people. If we do our job now--I think it’s up to people now to pass it on. I think if we do that we should have a good tomorrow." <a href="http://www.nativeperspectives.net/Transcripts/Nicholas_Jackson_interview.pdf" target="_blank">Click here to read Mr. Jackson's complete interview</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>The intergenerational transfer of knowledge, values, character, and ways of life is a timeless tradition and vital practice that calls for all of our participation at all stages of our lives. In celebration of this tradition, I hope you'll join me this Wednesday in attending a DVD presentation hosted by the Tribal Leadership Forum:</div>
<div><br></div><div><b>Wisdom and Grit: Influence of Grandparents, Parents on Modern Tribal Leaders</b></div>Wednesday March 31, 6 - 7:30 pm (doors open at 5:30)<div>All are welcome, no charge<br><div>Concordia University Library, Room GRW310 (<a href="http://www.cu-portland.edu/aboutcu/maps.cfm" target="_blank">see map</a>)</div>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div>2800 N.E. Liberty St.</div></div><div><div>Portland, OR 97211</div></div></blockquote>See attached flier for more details.</div><div><br></div><div>
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