Invitation to join the
Friends of Wisdom of the Elders
and its four Circles of Giving

 

We would like ot invite you to become a member of Friends of Wisdom of the Elders. You simpy make a donation within one of four circles of giving, either annually or on a periodic basis. Wisdom of the Elders is a 501c3 corporation, so your donation is tax-deductible.

 

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FIRST CIRCLE MEMBERS:

We gift First Circle members who contribute from $20-99 with a CD of one of our radio programs. This radio program is valued at $20.00

SECOND CIRCLE MEMBERS:

We gift Second Circle members who contribute $100-399 with an entire set of 8 CDs of one of our radio series and a color Pendleton CD holder. The is valued at $160.00

THIRD CIRCLE MEMBERS:

We gift Third Circle members who contribute $400-999 and receive two series of our radio programs, a total of 16 CDs, in a colorful Pendleton CD holder. This is valued at $470.00

FOURTH CIRCLE MEMBERS:

We gift Fourth Circle members who contribute $1,000 and over with WOTE’s collectible signature storyteller blanket, a special limited edition Pendleton Legendary Design Blanket, called Keep the Fires Burning. This blanket is valued at $189.00 As a limited addition, it is a collectors item with it’s appraisal value increasing over time.

In return for being a Friend of Wisdom of the Elders:

When you join the Friends of Wisdom of the Elder network, we will keep you informed of our progress as our team travels this Turtle Island to bring oral accounts from gifted elders, tribal historians and storytellers and song carriers. You receive quarterly newsletters that includes the latest news from WOTE headquarters, updates and background on our multimedia American Indian curriculum project which is developed based upon the radio series andis available at no charge to our website. You’ll receive advance notice of celebrations being planned to honor our members, and other public events such as our annual storytelling festival and symposium. Sometimes we’ll share excerpts from gifted elders, tribal historians and storytellers. Our newsletters are sent by e-mail. If you do not have e-mail, we mail them to you.

We will launch the Friends of Wisdom of the Elders web page to acknowledge our members of Friends of Wisdom of the Elders. Your name will be included along with our national and local sponsors: National Park Service, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Intel Corporation, Meyer Memorial Trust, Spirit Mountain Community Fund, McKenzie River Gathering Foundation and Oregon Arts Commission.

Especially important, you will develop a greater understanding and appreciation for native culture in this country. You will learn about the diversity that exists among more than 550 nations still alive and thriving in today’s twenty first century. You will learn about their traditional cultural values, many of which have been obscured by popular misconception. You’ll appreciate the wise and distinctive voices and stories, and rare photography, maps and art that will embellish the pages of our website. But, most important, you will know that you have supported our efforts to provide valuable programming to our state, our region and our nation. And you have helped us fulfill our mission of cultural preservation, education and race reconciliation.

You will help us fulfill our mission and our vision.

With a mission of Native American cultural preservation, education and race reconciliation, WOTE records, preserves, and shares oral history, cultural arts, and messages of guidance from exemplary indigenous elders, tribal historians, storytellers, and song carriers. We do this to regenerate the greatness of traditional indigenous cultural values among today’s and future generations of native peoples. In an effort of reconciliation between Indian and non-Indian, we also share these teachings with all races of mankind, using public radio and documentary production, publishing, and other educational venues.

Raymond DeMallie, an expert in the ethnographic research and the ethnohistorical method, and Director of the American Indian Studies Research Institute at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, speaks of the Wisdom of the Elders project:

They succeed admirably in bringing together the perspectives of scholars—Native and non-Native—with Native Americans from each nation along the trail. In my mind, these programs are a model of integration of scholarly and grass-roots perspectives, and they forcefully bring to listeners’ attention the continued presence and vitality of Native peoples in the U.S. today.

As a FoWOTE member, you will develop greater understanding and appreciation for the diversity of American Indian oral history and cultural arts still thriving among more than 550 nations in America today. You will learn more about traditional indigenous cultural values which have been obscured by history and misunderstanding. Most important, you’ll know you are supporting WOTE’s mission of American Indian cultural preservation, education and race reconciliation.

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Wisdom of the Elders is a a not-for-profit501c3 corporation.
Your donation is tax deductible.