Confluence Project Blessing Ceremony March 17, 2007

Celilo Stories Public Conference
Mar 17-18

A two-day public conference will be held at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in The Dalles, Oregon on March 17 and 18. This conference will bring together more than twenty scholars, artists, elders and authors for panel discussions and informal conversations on the meaning of Celilo Falls.

Registration

The conference is free, but pre-registration is strongly encouraged to ensure your space. Registration will be processed on a "first-come, first-served" basis. Registration closes on March 1, 2007.

Download registration form as a PDF or as a Word document.

Mail to: CCRH, 1109 East 5th Street, Vancouver, WA 98661. Registration may also be sent electronically to [email protected] with the words "Celilo Conference Registration" in the subject line.

Program Details

The conference program will begin at 8:30 AM on Saturday, March 17 with an opening ceremony.

On Saturday March 17, Maryhill Museum of Art invites conference participants to a special reception and tour of its exhibit, The Day the Columbia Ran Backward, March 10, 1957. Curated by noted scholar and author Mary Schlick, the exhibit tells the story of the inundation of Celilo Falls through photographs, paintings, prints and written documents.

The conference will conclude with the Confluence Project's Blessing of the Land Ceremony at Celilo Falls which begins on Sunday, March 18 at 3:00 PM at Celilo Falls Park, and will include the Confluence Project Board of Directors, Maya Lin and tribal partners. The Confluence Project is an initiative to reclaim, transform and reimagine seven places along the historic Columbia River Basin. Through Maya Lin's creative interventions into their history and terrain, each site will offer new points of encounter between the natural world and the built environment, the past and the present, for people of all backgrounds. For more information about the Confluence Project, please visit confluenceproject.org

Logistical Information

The conference is held at The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, 5000 Discovery Drive, The Dalles, Oregon. The Dalles is approximately an hour and a half east of Portland.

Carpooling registration is available at carpoolmatchnw.org, a regional ride matching service sponsored by Metro. You may register to carpool from locations anywhere in Oregon, Washington and California, including the Portland Airport. To use, register as a 'one-trip user', then use the 'Destination' dropdown menu to select Celilo Stories conference.

Information on places the stay and things to do in The Dalles area from The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce.

This conference is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: great ideas brought to life. Additional support is provided by the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and Maryhill Museum of Art.

Official Website: http://www.ccrh.org/calendar.php#Celilo%20Stories