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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Portland State University scholar-in-residence Tracy Prince will present “Uniquely Oregon: Native American Art of Oregon,” at 2 p.m., April 14, at the Carriage House of the Lincoln County Historical Society, 545 SW Ninth St., in Newport. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">How are Oregon’s history and culture represented in Native art and how can we learn more about our community’s values and aspirations by looking at the artwork? Learn what differentiates Native American art in Oregon from Native art in other parts of the Pacific Northwest, and what this tells us about our state’s identity. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Prince has taught university classes on Native American art and literature for 19 years. She studies traditions that have survived the suppression of Native identity and customs. Her book “Portland’s Goose Hollow” explores the history of Native, Chinese, Irish, German, and Jewish residents of one of Portland’s oldest neighborhoods.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">The event is part of the Conversation Project offered by Oregon Humanities. A reception for Steve Wyatt, new executive director for the Society, will take place after the event at 3:30 p.m. For more information, call (541) 265-7509.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><BR>-----------------<BR>Visit www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/OHC/Conference.shtml to learn more about the joint Oregon Heritage Conference / Northwest Archivists Annual Meeting April 26-28. <BR><BR>Follow us on Facebook ( www.facebook.com/pages/Oregon-Heritage-Conference/194597583890959 ) for updates. <BR><BR>Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission. Contact us by emailing heritage.info@state.or.us .<BR></SPAN></BODY></HTML>