Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge. Shared Science. Members-Only Exhibition Opening Reception Friday, June 17th, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm. RSVPs are greatly appreciated below.

Join Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum for a free, private opening reception for Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge. Shared Science. Explore how Native peoples join their traditional knowledge with cutting-edge Western science to save cultural practices and local environments. Hors d’oeuvres will be served and beer and wine will be available for purchase. Please RSVP below. Guests are welcome with museum members and Chamber of Commerce members. Not a museum member? Become one here. 

Local ecosystems around the world face serious environmental challenges. Many Native communities have found innovative solutions by combining traditional knowledge with modern science. Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge. Shared Science features stories of ecological and cultural restoration from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Tulalip Tribes, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and Native Hawaiians.

The exhibition is the result of a collaboration among the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Indigenous Education Institute, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, and four Native community partners. The communities generously shared their restoration stories and their voices throughout the exhibition.

Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge. Shared Science was developed, produced, and circulated by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. The exhibition was made possible with funds provided by the National Science Foundation.

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