The Champinefu Series: The Sacred Commute: Off / On the Rez

Spring Creek Project Presents the Champinefu Series - The Sacred Commute: Off / On the Rez

Join host Joseph Dowd (Grand Ronde) and friends for a night of song sharing and storytelling. Contemporary folk songs about life as a Native American on and off the reservation will be interspersed with storytelling and poetry that convey the lived experiences of contemporary Native Americans in Western Oregon, as well as those of their ancestors.

Joseph Dowd is a descendant of the Santiam, Takelma, and Tututni peoples, and anyone else up and down I-5 in Western Oregon. From the Hudson and Dowd families of Grand Ronde, he has been blessed to have strong ears for the stories shared by his family, community, and life experiences, all of which have inspired him to put words to paper and song. Joseph is a 2026 Indigenous Place Keeping Fellow through the Grand Ronde Tribe's Art Program.

Programming for the annual Champinefu Series is curated by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Cultural Resources Department with support from the Marys Peak Group of the Sierra Club, Spring Creek Project, Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, Corvallis Sustainability Coalition, and OSU's School of Language, Culture and Society.