After a roughly four-year hiatus, Gov. Tina Kotek announced Tuesday that she’s reviving a task force dedicated to inventorying Native American items in state and public collections across Oregon, via executive order.

The Shady Cove Library is now hosting an exhibit that’s designed to teach children about the prehistoric creatures that once roamed Oregon. “Oregon’s Dino-Story” is a hands-on display on loan to the library from the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon in Eugene.

Stephanie Craig, citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde, runs her own business, Kalapuya Weaving & Consulting. Besides teaching traditional basket weaving, she consults museums and galleries on basket designs and materials. That includes helping with exhibits and identifying woven pieces.

Some of the libraries in Douglas County hosted Oregon Rocks! during the summer of 2023, and are looking to host the new summer program offered in 2024. “I think that the Museum of Natural and Cultural History does a fantastic job with their educational outreach,”

Historically, museums across the U.S. have taken a detached, scholarly, and archaic view of Native Americans. But over the past decade especially, there’s been a push by Native advocates and their supporters to “decolonize” – or alternately, “Indigenize” – these institutions, including in Oregon.

Historically, museums across the U.S. have taken a detached, scholarly, and archaic view of Native Americans. But over the past decade especially, there’s been a push by Native advocates and their supporters to “decolonize” -- or alternately, “Indigenize” – these institutions, including here in Oregon.

The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History took its shows on the road this summer. It’s offering hands-on learning through its Oregon Rocks! program, which teaches kids and families about geology.

Stephanie Craig is a seventh-generation traditional basket weaver and is a Chinook, Kalapuya, Rogue River, Umpqua, and enrolled Grand Ronde Tribal member.

The Underwater Forests, Oregon's Kelp Ecosystems Exhibition, opened Saturday, October 28, 2023, at the University of Oregon's Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

At a time when the Department of Homeland Security has reported that attacks and threats against members of the LGBTQ community are on the rise, the existence of “Outliers and Outlaws: The Eugene Lesbian History Project,” seems all too timely