[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2017-03-31

Fri Mar 31 15:31:36 PDT 2017

1. Oregon Heritage Exchange features Bandon Main Street efforts
2. Oregon Heritage Summit early bird registration ends April 7
3. Nonprofit Association of Oregon board leadership seminars in April
4. OAS lecture featuring Willamette Falls archaeology April 4
5. 2017 Association of Western States Folklorists conference April 20-22
6. Introducing SOULA's latest digital artifact database: The Chinese Material Culture Collection

OREGON HERITAGE EXCHANGE FEATURES BANDON MAIN STREET EFFORTS

The latest blog entry on the Oregon Heritage Exchange is part of a series of posts celebrating ten years of the Oregon Main Street Network's efforts across the state. This post features the Greater Bandon Association's downtown efforts in Bandon and their festival featuring a rather sore subject in the area, the gorse plant. Gorse is an invasive plant that has really wreaked havoc on the community in a variety of ways but this organization has decided to "celebr(hate)" with an off-season festival featuring local seafood, beer, wine, and more to bring visitors to the community during a normal slow time of year. Read more about the festival and the Greater Bandon Association in the latest Oregon Heritage Exchange post:  https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/2017/03/31/oregon-main-street-highlight-bandon/.

OREGON HERITAGE SUMMIT EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS APRIL 7

One week left to get the best price possible for registration to the Oregon Heritage Summit in Newbery, April 26-27! The summit features fundraising and includes findings from a national report on creative heritage funding, tips and tricks for membership, annual appeals, project based campaigns, and advocacy, how to develop a compelling story, and making it easy for boards to fundraise. The Summit also celebrates heritage work in Oregon with the Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards the evening of April 26. Visit here<http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/OHC/Pages/Conference.aspx> for a complete schedule and be sure to register<https://store.oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=&itemTypeId=2> before April 7 to get the best possible rate! For more information contact Kuri Gill at kuri.gill at oregon.gov<mailto:kuri.gill at oregon.gov> or 503-986-0685.

NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION OF OREGON BOARD LEADERSHIP SEMINARS IN APRIL

Finding Power and Purpose: The New Leadership Landscape for Boards
Portland - April 17, 8:30am-10:30am
Redmond - April 18, 9:00am-11:00am
Eugene - April 19, 9:00am-11:00am

National leader BoardSource President and CEO Anne Wallestad presents on Moments Where Executives Are Called to Lead in the Nonprofit Sector. In times of change, nonprofit leaders-- board members and executives-- face big questions. Questions about their future, their values, and their willingness to advocate for the issues that matter most to their mission and the people they serve:

  *   What will this mean for our mission and the people we serve?
  *   How might our strategies and approaches need to change to reflect our new reality?
  *   When and how should we be organizing for change?
These are the moments where boards are called to lead. Join Anne Wallestad, President and CEO of BoardSource<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jW1ih8jYZ_dlQ2RIaZIvhy-vhIjedcXvO83eMx4iIModIsy73WHs5BhOXmZKoLtqRCbF2z720RZg8EOR5T1kgu-Sb_Q5yUHLVslyWrym35_iNDswotZ7uCS-X4cgpoYdiyMxGk-hVgBPk4SZUpEyYttB9V0rOJM1GXSOInKQZ9M=&c=nHvh4131jdVuDMGiXdyWvK152l1roW6FU86eRHQFw8qkSPEkAJJytg==&ch=LcB22SSEnmfjXlOw5RTHyYZIqhLCuNXRXxl4H6-0Gk8Di-H0ouetTw==>, for reflection and discussion on this moment in nonprofit leadership-- what we can learn from what's happening across the sector and how to translate that into positive momentum and action here in Oregon. Learn more<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jW1ih8jYZ_dlQ2RIaZIvhy-vhIjedcXvO83eMx4iIModIsy73WHs5G387nVvBVJszEH1vrCnz2946nn_T4KOtbwli9FWr25tVsrFJ4tf5qbc1f1drV3jX0fzP5cE0brKnwXZPi9qBvacqnRAJEufmI2heSKKlqiN3jphFbmDh1Lu9Yoieg8mF6ybbWauwZD982PZQNWS43g=&c=nHvh4131jdVuDMGiXdyWvK152l1roW6FU86eRHQFw8qkSPEkAJJytg==&ch=LcB22SSEnmfjXlOw5RTHyYZIqhLCuNXRXxl4H6-0Gk8Di-H0ouetTw==>.

OAS LECTURE FEATURING WILLAMETTE FALLS ARCHAEOLOGY APRIL 4

Willamette Falls was a major fishery for Native Americans as well as the setting for some of the earliest industrial developments in the Pacific Northwest.  Dr. Rick Minor of Heritage Research Associates will be the featured speaker at the Oregon Archaeological Society's April 4, 2017 lecture. Minor's lecture, Industrial Archaeology at Willamette Falls: Exploratory Investigations in the North Woolen Mill Foundation at Oregon City, examines the presence of both prehistoric Native Americans and early industrial developments in Oregon City.

The Tuesday, April 4 presentation at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is free and open to the public. OMSI is located at 1945 Southeast Water Avenue, Portland, OR 97214. A general business meeting begins at 7 PM, followed by the lecture at about 7:45 PM.

Please visit www.oregonarchaeological.org<http://www.oregonarchaeological.org> or call 503-727-3507 for more information.

Dr. Rick Minor is Senior Archaeologist and a co-founder of Heritage Research Associates, Inc. in Eugene. He received his graduate training in anthropology at the University of Oregon, and has over 40 years of experience in prehistoric and historical archaeology. Minor is an instructor in the University of Oregon Historic Preservation Program since 2009. He advocates the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of historical resources, which is reflected in his research, teaching and publications.

About the Oregon Archaeological Society - Founded in 1951, the Oregon Archaeological Society (OAS) is one of the oldest and largest archaeological groups in the country. OAS is a 501c3 non-profit whose primary mission is to educate the public and promote an interest in archaeology. OAS hosts free public archaeology lectures on the first Tuesday of the month (Jan-May/September-Dec) at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). Talks and membership are open to the public.
For more information, visit www.oregonarchaeological.org<http://www.oregonarchaeological.org>.

2017 ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN STATES FOLKLORISTS CONFERENCE APRIL 20-22

Date: April 20-22, 2017
Day and Time: Thursday-Saturday, 12:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Location: University of Oregon, Eugene Campus
Conference Fee: $0 (Value of $80, Registration costs of $80 are being covered by a generous donor. Registration value includes Friday workshops (no meals included); Saturday workshops and lunch)
Registration Deadline: 03/15/2017

Workshops include Folklore Skills in the Workplace, Archives and Archiving, AWSF Planning Session for 2018, Highlights of Oregon Tribal Art and Culture, Public Work with Incarcerated Folk, Photography Workshop. The opening session, "The Future of Folklore," Friday, 4/21/17, 10:15-12:00, Knight Library Browsing Room, features folklorists of national prominence (including current and former American Folklore Society presidents, representatives from the NEA and the American Folklife Center/Library of Congress, UO alumni, and UO faculty), is a joint offering of AWSF and  the Western States Folklore Society (also holding its annual conference at UO, 4/20-22/17). The event also include the "Graze", a traditional highlight of this gathering. This year's exploration of local cultural attractions features OFN's Cultural Heritage Tour of the Whiteaker Neighborhood on Thursday afternoon, 12-5, 4/20/17; please see the registration website for more on that; there is a $25 fee, which includes lunch.

Please register (no fee) for AWSF by Friday March 24, 2017: https://oregon.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6VEJQEOUbC8hltP

INTRODUCING SOULA'S LATEST DIGITAL ARTIFACT DATABASE: THE CHINESE MATERIAL CULTURE COLLECTION

The Chinese Material Culture Collection contains images of a variety of artifacts commonly found on archaeological sites and in museums documenting the Chinese migrant diaspora from the mid-19th through the early 20th century.  The assemblage highlights artifacts from Chinese communities in Oregon and California in an effort to promote education and greater understanding of the role Chinese migrants played in the settlement and development of the American West.

For more than 50 years archaeologists have been working on sites associated with Chinese participation in the gold fields, railroad construction and maintenance, agriculture, logging industry, fisheries and canneries, and urban settlements. This collection was created as a means to standardize terminology, aid in artifact identification, and provide accurate information about the manufacture and function of a variety of everyday items used in early Chinese communities in the West.

This collection was made possible through a partnership between the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology and Hannon Library, and PAR Environmental Resources, Inc.  Priscilla Wegars, curator of the Asian American Comparative Collection<http://webpages.uidaho.edu/aacc/> at the University of Idaho Laboratory of Anthropology served as peer reviewer and advisor for the collection.

Please check it out and spread the word!

http://digital.hanlib.sou.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16085coll10

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Oregon Heritage News is a service of Oregon Heritage, a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The news editor can be contacted at heritage.info at oregon.gov<mailto:heritage.info at oregon.gov>.

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