Oregon’s Steph Littlebird on new book and exhibit about Native resilience: ‘I want children to know this history’ – Here is Oregon

For readers of the new children’s book, “my strong hair” It reads as a poetic tribute to Aboriginal rituals and power. The book also represents how powerful it can be when original creators tell a story about their culture, with their own voice. Steve Littlebirdwho provided the lyrical illustrations for “My Powerful Hair”, said she welcomed the book as an opportunity to respond to “the idea that it wasn’t us telling our story”.

Too often, Littlebeard says, Native American culture is not honored, as when letters are sent by “art institutions that don’t consider our work to be fine art, or history museums that don’t consider our history valid unless they say it’s true.” .”

Raised in Banks, Littlebird, 38, is an artist, writer, curator, and registered member of the Confederate Grand Round Tribes. She is also the curator of “This IS Kalapuyan Land,” an exhibition created for the Five Oaks Museum in Portland, which is currently in operation. On display at Petok Palace.

To celebrate “My Strong Poetry,” which has a publication date of March 21, Littlebird and its author, Carol Lindstrom, will be meeting young readers at two events on Sunday, March 26. At 11 a.m., the couple will be in Two Rivers Library (8836 N. Lombard St.) And at 2:30 p.m., Littlebird and Lindstrom will be at Bitok…