“Something stays pure and stays unchanged. So if you go through time, it will be heard and said the way it was hundreds of years ago.”

In this episode, James Holt (Nez Perce) talks about lifeways, intergenerational trauma, and Nez Perce endurance.

Confluence Story Gathering - Josiah Pinkham by Confluence

Confluence Story Gathering - Roberta Connor by Confluence

Confluence Story Gathering - Silas Whitman by Confluence

Confluence Story Gatherings are live story-driven conversations designed to elevate indigenous voices in our understanding of the Columbia River system. This discussion is framed by audio excerpts from interviews we conducted with tribal elders and leaders with our partners at NW Documentary. This public event was recorded on February 18, 2017 in the Liberty Theater in Astoria, Oregon. Thanks to the Oregon Community Foundation, Oregon Cultural Trust, Paul B. and Deborah D. Speer, Steve and Jan Oliva and Brot and Mary Bishop.

Confluence Story Gatherings are live story-driven conversations designed to elevate indigenous voices in our understanding of the Columbia River system. This discussion is framed by audio excerpts from interviews we conducted with tribal elders and leaders with our partners at NW Documentary. This public event was recorded on November 12, 2016 at Tamastslikt Cultural Institute on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Pendleton, Oregon. Thanks to the Oregon Community Foundation, Paul B. and Deborah D. Speer, Steve and Jan Oliva and Brot and Mary Bishop.

Confluence Story Gatherings are live story-driven conversations designed to elevate indigenous voices in our understanding of the Columbia River system. This discussion is framed by audio excerpts from interviews we conducted with tribal elders and leaders with our partners at NW Documentary. This public event was recorded on November 12, 2016 at Tamastslikt Cultural Institute on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Pendleton, Oregon. Thanks to the Oregon Community Foundation, Paul B. and Deborah D. Speer, Steve and Jan Oliva and Brot and Mary Bishop.

Most magazines exist on paper and online. But Ampersand, a journal by the land conservation group Forterra, took its latest edition to the live stage. It was a deep dive on our sense of place in the Northwest. In this Confluence Podcast, we hear from executive director Colin Fogarty on what it means to connect to place. Famed architect Johnpaul Jones connects spiritual life to creating spaces through architecture.

This audio tour is a guide to the Confluence Trail at the Sandy River Delta near Troutdale, Oregon. The Confluence Bird Blind at the end of the trail is one of five completed projects along the Columbia River system by Confluence.

This audio tour describes the Confluence Land Bridge at Fort Vancouver. Listen onsite or remotely. Find out more about the confluences of history, cultures and ecology that define this iconic site at Fort Vancouver, one of six Confluence sites along the Columbia River system.