Workshops in the Cedar Room at the Longhouse

10am - 10:45am Lushootseed Language and Storytelling

Zalmai Zahir is a fluent speaker of Puget Salish. He has studied the Puget
Salish language (Lushootseed) under Dr. Vi Hilbert, Don Matheson, Earnest
Barr, Nellie Ramirez, Lawrence Webster and various other speakers. Mr.
Zahir has written over 14 books and is an accomplished storyteller.

11am - 11:45am Native Winter Foods

Gerald Bruce "Subiyay" Miller (Skokomish)
Subiyay is a renowned Skokomish artist, educator and spiritual leader of the
Pacific Northwest. His artistic work centers on Native American theater,
storytelling, carving and basket weaving. He has served as President of the
Northwest Native American Basketweavers' Association (NNABA). Bruce was
instrumental in the development of the first Native American performing
artist company, the Native American Theater Ensemble, based in New York
City. He was awarded the Bicentennial Playwright's Fellowship by the
Washington State Arts Commission, and has received various other awards
including the Washington State Governor's Ethnic and Heritage Award (1992),
and a Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship (1996). His work as part
of the Washington State Arts Commission's Art in Public Places Program can
be seen at The Evergreen State College's Longhouse Education and Cultural
Center.

Environmental Education

Jennifer Johnson is an Evergreen graduate who focused on human
relations with the green world while at Evergreen. She has been
involved in environmental education for over ten years and in her
current capacity as an Environmental Outreach Specialist with Thurston
County Health and Social Services in the Environmental Health Division
for five years. Her focus is on adult education in the area of
household hazardous waste reduction and disposal. Household hazardous
wastes are the ordinary things in our homes with signal words such as,
"Caution," "Danger," and "Warning."

Thurston County's web site is: www.co.thurston.wa.us

Calligraphy

Key Sun teaches at Central Washington University-Pierce. He has a Ph.D. in psychology, MSW, and law degrees. As a Beijing native growing up with the traditional Chinese culture, he also teaches and practices Chinese style paintings and Tai Chi/Qigong.

Chinese Cooking (Water Dumplings, Shui Jiao)

Emily and Park Wei Locke were born in Guangdong, China. Park Wei Locke has
been in restaurant business at Olympia Area for many years and is recently
retired.

Reiki

i’ina, TESC graduate, has been working with Reiki and Polarity Therapy for the last 8 years. The focus of her work is to help remove blocks and tensions to allow a free flow of energy.

Poetry