About Stephanie

Santiam and Yoncalla Kalapuya, Takelma Rogue River, Cow Creek Umpqua, Chinook and Metis. She grew up in the traditional homelands of her Mother’s people, the Kalapuya, and was raised and worked on her family’s farm. Growing up on the land grew a deeper connection to her ancestral ties to this land. She is a 7th generation basketweaver and an Oregon Culture Keeper.

Stephanie’s training includes University of Oregon for her BA and MA:IS in Anthropology, Cultural Museums and Folklore, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian, Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, as well as traditional basket weavers, museum specialists, archaeologists, her Elders, the plants, and the land.