Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley Book events and Presentations (upcoming and past)
Every in-person presentation has a book signing, some sales, and a short discussion of the book. Synergistic Page with videos linked.
2026
4/23 Researching the tribes of Oregon, Lake Oswego public Library and Senior scholars (zoom registration required)
2/28 Hillsdale Branch, Mult Co. Lib. (Tribal Histories) Public
2/18 Cascade Mycological Society in Eugene, zoom 6pm
2/6 H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program, OSU, Monthly Meeting: Friday, February 6, 9-11 AM
1/30- 11:30-1:15 “Kalapuyans of the Southern Valley,” Eugene City Club (UO Manynations Longhouse) I know this will have public access, probably zoom, as well we are likely to have several students.
1/25 Lane Co Library, Eugene (Harwood Hall)
2025
Dec
12/13 Authors & Artists Book fair, Lane Co Fairgrounds, 1 day only
12/6 Wild Arts Festival Author Table Hillsboro, 1 day only
Nov
11/18 “Boarding School GroundWater – A Brief History of Chemawa Indian School,” Panel discussion (zoom) (Harwood Hall Presentation)
11/12 Albina Branch Mult Co. Lib. (Reconstructing Indigenous Lifeways WV) (website)
11/12 Portland Tribal History Presentation (zoom)
11/6 “Creating the Indian agencies and removing the tribes” (new presentation) Corvallis Museum
11/5 Reconstructing WV environments, Water Resources Seminar, OSU
11/4 UO Class Presentation w/ Vera Keller (Harwood Hall)
11/1 A Day of Shared Learning Elevating Tribal Stewardship, (Takelma history) Phoenix OR, Lomikatsi event
Oct
[ I received word that Ooligan Press wants to publish my second book “Indigenous Studies in the Willamette Valley” look for it in 2027]
10/28 OPB Boarding school doc film screening discussant, Pacific U, Forest Grove
10/16 Salem Business Leaders (Harwood Hall and Chemawa presentation)
10/14 Willamette U Class Presentation W/ Ellen Eisenberg
10/11 Hispanic Origins of Oregon, Oregon State Capitol
10/2 Oakfest presentation, Willamette U. W/ David Craig
Sept
9/28 Albina Branch, Multnomah Co. Library
Aug
8/21 Fairview community (Harwood Hall and Chemawa presentation)
8/4 Shared Stewardship 101, Benton County
8/14 Scio Community
8/23 Oregon State Fair Author Table 10-8
8/29 Oregon State Fair Author Table 10-8
July
7/1 Friendsview Retirement Community, Newberg
7/26 Lane County Fair Book table, 3-7
June
6/10 McMenamins Grand Lodge Forest Grove Presentation, 6-8
6/14 O’Brien Memorial Library, Blue River, 2-4
6/17 Live Oak decolonization training. Dept of Forestry, Salem.
6/20 2025 ASFS-AFHVS Conference: Food Cultures & Social Justice. Tribal Food Panel, OSU 3-4:30
6/24 KYAC radio presentation
6/26 Stayton Historical Society, 6:30-8
6/28 Oregon Garden Presentation, 3-5
May
5/9 Linfield Camas Celebration Key note 12-5
5/21 Harwood Hall Presentation, Albany Public Library, 6-8
Apr
4/9 Old Fairview Hospital Neighborhood lecture, 6-8:15
4/15 CPOP Panel Presentation, Tacoma, WA
4/19 Cottage Grove Historical Society, 10-12
Jan-Mar
1/11/25 American Association for University Women, 11-11:30 Zoom
2/19 Forest Pub, McMenamins Mission Theater, Portland, 7-8:45
2/23 Fort Steilacoom, Tacoma, 2pm-3:30 zoom
3/13 Ada Bradley Millican & Harwood Hall presentation, w/ Vera Keller, 6pm
3/18 Plenary talk and Panel, Northwest Scientific Association Conference.
3/28 SFAA Presentation Kalapuya Adaptations to Fire and Water. 9-10:45
3/30 Jewish Community Presentation, Portland
2024 Schedule
December 2024
12/7 Bird Alliance of Oregon annual Wild Arts Festival Book fair, Wingspan event and Conference Center, 10-4
12/14 Lane Library Association, Eugene Public Library 12-5
November 2024
11/2 Cedar Mill presentation, Histories of Tualatin, 10:30
11/2 Portland Book Festival, about 2 pm
11/5 UO class presentation, Klopotek
11/7 Trujillo Law Firm, Portland, 11:45-1:15
11/7 Voices of the river, volume III release, PRAX, OSU
11/9 Hillsboro Library, 1:30-2:30
11/14 Aloha Public Library 6:30-
11/16 Illuminescent, Wildish Theater, Springfield, 3-
11/15 Eugene Natural History Society, 12-1
11/18 Linn-Benton CC 12-
11/19 Multnomah County Central Library, 3-5
11/20 Science of Tap, Alberta Rose Theatre, 6-?
11/21 Salem Library, 6-7
October 2024
10/5 Kings Valley History day, Fort Hoskins 12pm-?
10/7 Coburg Historical Society, 5:30-6:30
10/10 Academy for Lifelong learning, 5:45 Zoom
10/12 Unitarian Universalists, Hillsboro, 2pm
10/14 Gladstone Community Center at 2:00 pm
10/14 Philomath city council, 5:30-
10/16, Polk County soil and Water conservation, Chemeketa CC, 6pm
10/18-10/19 Pacific Northwest History Conference, Portland (Not really a book event)
10/21 Johnson Creek Watershed symposium, Reed college 1-5 (not really a book event)
10/23 Salem ART Association, Bush Barn, 5:45-7:45
10/25 Books and Bites, Bierly Brewing, McMinnville 6-7:15
10/26 Happy Valley Library, 1-2
10/30 Skyline Grange, 6-7
Summer 2024
7/11 Aurora Public Library, 5pm
7/24 Albany library, 6pm
7/25 Lane County Fair, 11-5 at the Lane County Historical Museum booth (inside a hall)
8/17 Grand Ronde Contest Pow wow, Tabling with Shayla Meyer- Rain with thunder and lightening throughout the day, at 4 lightning and rain began again and it looked to last for several hours, so closed down. The second grand entry was cancelled that night for the weather.
8/22 Multnomah Rotary, Moda Center, 11-1
8/23 Oregon State Fair, Authors tables (inside Columbia Hall), 4-8, State Fair Featured author site
8/24 Styrling Winery, Newburg 4:30 (advertisement)
*Changed to: 9/5 Benton County, Corvallis Museum, 10:30-12 (Advertisement)
9/7 Upper McKenzie Community Center, 30 minutes out of Springfield on McKenzie Highway, 5:30-7:30pm (event page)
9/10 UWSN staff and Board presentation, Wildish Theater, Springfield, 4:30-
9/22 Master Naturalist fieldtrip to Lake Labish and Bush Park
9/24 Lebanon public library, 6:30 pm
(53 events by this time)
June 2024
SCAN, Pringle Hall, Salem, 6:30, 6/12
Tigard Public Library 6:30-8, 6/17 (Library events page)
Lake Oswego Public Library 5:30-7:30, 6/18 (Website Announcement) poster (presentation video)
41 speaking events by June!
May 2024
Willamina Public Library 5/1, 6:30-7:30
Roseburg Public Library, May 2, 6:30pm (News Review story) (KPIC story)
Roseburg with Fan Juliete Palenshus
Educating Ourselves on Race and Racism, 6:45-8:15, 5/6
Stayton Historical Society, Turner fire station, 6-8, 5/10 (Presentation video, professionally developed by Dave Boneck)
cancelled
River Road Parks, Eugene, 6-7, 5/11 (Website events , The Crew at River Road, they were big fans and very well organized.
Beaverton Historical Society, Tuesday, May 14⋅7:00 – 9:00pm (Website info)
Bramble House, Brownsville, 6-8:45 5/17 (Website) (announcement)
Native Plant Society of Oregon, Spirit Mountain Casino, 3pm, 5/18 (SM events announcement)
Tillamook County Library 3-4:30, 5/25 (Website Announcement)
April 2024
McMinnville Public Library, 4/7
Lane County Master Gardener 4/16
Planet Palooza, Corvallis, 4/20 (Schedule)
Willamette Plant Society 4/25 (Announcement)
March 2024
Lake Oswego 3/5 (Announcement)
Get Lit!, Lincoln County Historical Society, 3/9 (Announcement)
Tsunami Books 3/14 (Announcement)with owner Scott Landfield
Architecture Heritage Center, Portland 3/23 (Announcement)
Neighborhood Presentation (Dennis) 3/25
Marion soil and water conservation district, North Santiam Watershed, and Elderberry, Chemeketa, 3/26 (Announcement)
February 2024
Dallas Library, 2/1
Dallas event
Washington Native Plant Society 2/8
Newberg Public Library 2/10
Yamhill Heritage center, 5pm, 2/20 (Video)
Upper Willamette, Whirled Pies, Eugene, 5:30, 2/21
Grand Ronde Library, 5:30, 2/22
CTGR Tribal GYM with Michael Cherry, Tribal Council, Henry Zenk (back turned) and Sequoia Reya in background
Community Rights Lane County 2/26 (video)
OSU authors and Editors series, 2/27
OSU, photo by Susan Bernardin
Upper Willamette Soil and Water Conservation district 2/29
January 2024
NPSO- Native Plant Society of Oregon 1/11 (Video)
Linn County Historical Society, January 21, 2pm
Chemeketa Community College, January 24, 1pm
Silver Falls Library 1/27
Portland State University, Native Center- 1/30
December 2023
Eugene City, The Atrium, 12/1. 4:30 pm
At the Atrium, Eugene
December 3, OHS Authors event, Portland
OHS Authors event with Jerry Southerland and Dock Boggle
November 2023
November 9- University of Oregon, one public reading in the evening at the UO ManyNations Longhouse, check UO events calendar
November 14- Official Ooligan Press Launch event, 6-8PM, 5 Oaks Museum 17677 NW Springville Rd. Hillsboro (PCC Rock Creek Campus) (by invitation, some public)
@ 5 Oaks signing books with members of Tumulth family there
November 20- Willamette University, 4:30-5:30. Alumni Lounge, 900 State St, Salem.
Willamette event, Photos by David Craig
Literary Ashland- Edwin Batistella Blog Interview- An Interview with David G. Lewis, author of Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley
November 29- OSU 3-5, Kaku-Ixt Mana Ina Haws, 311 SW 26th St., Corvallis
October 2023
October 17- KYAC Radio, 90.1 Mill City, 8:30-9 AM, KYAC interview
October 21, Drowned Towns Jamboree, Detroit, OR, organized by Bob Reinhardt
October 25- KBOO Radio Portland, 8-9 AM, “Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley'” with the author, David G. Lewis
August 2023
Willamalane/Springfield Wildish Theater Presentation, 8/31 (Video) Video credits- Dean Middleton
Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley, is published, and available to buy in most large and small bookstores. The publication date was November 14th, 2023 and it is available in paperback ($24.95) and Kindle ($9.99). Other book services have other types of ebooks available as well. Price on Amazon is much reduced ($18.95 paperback) & ($8.99 Kindle). I have seen digital books available in other formats like KOBO ebook $9.99.
The Ooligan Press site is a good place to go to see the reviews and a summary of the book, and my bio.
I love the image Greg Robinson (Chinook) created, not specifically for the book, but clearly related to some content. Ooligan press has been very helpful, and I had a full schedule of events in November.
Ooligan Press trailer for the book. (Video)
Local news stories
Smoke Signals (Grand Ronde), David Lewis writes histories of Willamette Valley Tribes
At Ike Coffee shop, Salem, photo by Michelle Alaimo- Smoke Signals Photographer/reporter
Salem Reporter, New book reveals Willamette Valley Indigenous History
The going price of the book is $25 for the paperback, I will send you a signed copy if you send me $25 + $5 shipping using Venmo (@David-Lewis-580)= $30. Send me a note with your address when you pay to – dgl.coyotez@gmail.com. Each order will be sent out within a day or two of the payment. You can also send a check to David Lewis, 1194 37th PL NE, Salem, OR 97301. I take credit cards now too, the Square reader costs me about $5 a day to use so the books are a base price of $30 +$5 shipping ($35) for credit card.
Thanks for your support!
David