You’ll have a chance to learn about Native American ancestry and art at a “History Connections” presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at the Scappoose Senior Center on Meadow Drive.
This will be the fourth talk presented by the Scappoose Historical Society. The speaker, Stephanie Craig, will talk about her ancestor’s past history and art, primarily Native American basketry.
Craig, who lives in the Newberg area on a family farm, is of Santiam and Yoncalla Kalapuya, Takelma Rogue River, Cow Creek Umpqua and Clackamas Chinook descent.
She grew up around tribal elders, listening to them talk about the old ways and is a seventh-generation traditional basket weaver, tradition keeper and ethnobotanist (traditional harvesting, preparation and storage of indigenous plants).
Craig, who runs a small business where she travels to different tribes and institutions to teach weaving, will bring many baskets to show at the Scappoose event.
Cindy Ede, with the historical society, said, “She will be giving a lecture and a show-and-tell … There will be two or three tables filled with objects that she will talk about, as she moves through her presentation.”