Come join us in the heart of Northwest Tribal Culture! This writer’s conference brings together a diverse selection of panels
and concurrent workshop sessions, with a special emphasis on Story and Storytelling. Our location is the exquisite, rugged
Pacific coastline of the Quileute Indian Nation, on Highway 101 just four hours from Seattle or Portland. The rustic resort has
a wide range of accommodations. “Some of the best rooms anywhere on this stretch of coast,” says Frommer’s Review. Some
cabins have whirlpool tubs, walls of glass, lots of cedar accents, and carved wood furniture with Northwest Coast Native
American designs. Other units are delightfully rustic. All have full kitchens for cooking in. The Quileute resort features a very
nice restaurant dockside, excellent seafood dinners, and souvenir wine glasses.
Our Guests:
Elizabeth Woody (Navajo/Warm Springs/Wasco/Yakama) Poet, Author, Storyteller, Cultural and
Civic Leader – Keynote Speaker: “The Long Memory”
Linda Boyden (Cherokee, Irish, and French Canadian) Author, Poet, Storyteller – Children’s Literature
“Inside the Story Circle” Workshop
Carol Craig (Yakama and Puyallup, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Squaxin, Snohomish, Snoqualmie and
Stillaquamish) Photojournalist - Journalism Workshops
Ed Edmo (Shoshone) Northwest Poet, Author, Performing Artist, Teller of Legends – The Short Story
"Write, write, write, write and RIGHT!" Workshop
Gary Farmer (Cayuga Nation) Actor, Filmmaker, Musician, Journalist - Acting/Filmmaking Workshop
Roger Fernandes (Salish) Northwest Storyteller, Artist - Storytelling Programs and Performance – “Storytelling:
Recognition, Preservation, Oration, and Performance”
Jane Haladay, Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies, University of North Carolina – Science Fiction Literature Panel
Terri Hansen (Winnebago/Tsalagi) / Valerie Brown, Award-winning Journalists – "News Stories that Need, and Get
Attention - Where to find them, how to write them" Journalism Workshop
Allen Standing Bear Jenkins (Wampanoag) Northeast Coast Algonquian - Faculty, Evergreen State College, Olympia,
Wash. – “Storytelling – Learning to write using what you know” Workshop
Philip H. Red Eagle (Salish/Dakota) Northwest Author; Editor, Raven Chronicles, Seattle; Canoe Carver – Programs
Facilitator - Storytelling / Sci-fi Literature
Janet Marie Rogers (Mohawk Canadian Six Territories) Northwest Poet, Author and Storyteller – “Down There” Workshop
Ren’ee Roman Nose (Cheyenne) Native Lecturer and Journalist– “Journalistic Integrity in the Face of Adversity” Journalism
Workshop
Dr. Kimberly Roppolo (Cherokee, Choctaw, and Creek descent) - Wordcraft Circle National Director, Assistant Professor
Native Studies, Univ. of Lethbridge - “Community Collaborative Drama: Writing and Performing Together as Paths to
Healing” Beginners Playwriting Workshop
Richard Van Camp (Dogrib [Tlicho] Nation) Canadian Northwest Territories Author and Storyteller – “Graphic Novels”
Workshop
Saturday Night Entertainment by Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers
Registration: $110: Includes coffee, juice and continental breakfast Saturday and Sunday, Saturday luncheon
Registration $90: Full registration Elders 60 years and over; and Registered Students.
Registration $75: Saturday Only – includes continental breakfast and lunch
Registration $125 Scholars (see registration form for more information).
Click here for Registration Form in Word Format
Meals:
Continental Breakfast : Saturday and Sunday - Included in Registration Fee
Lunch: Saturday - Included in Registration Fee
Banquet: Saturday Evening – $10
Banquet Saturday Evening and Entertainment by Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers - Tickets $25
Onsite lodging is the Quileute Oceanside Resort in LaPush, Washington, that features ocean-front motel rooms and cabins.
Pets with restrictions. Call 360-374-5267 for reservations. Credit cards accepted.
Rooms:
Camper cabin studio, no kitchen: From $55.00 Per Night
Studio with full kitchen: From $95 to $135 Per Night
One-bedroom cabins with full kitchen: From $90 to $145 Per Night
Two-bedroom cabins with full kitchen: From $115 to $160 Per Night
One three-bedroom duplex unit with full kitchen: From $150 Per Night
Forks, Washington Lodging: The nearby town of Forks offers lodging from $50 and up. A volunteer will help with suggestions
and referrals; call 360-374-5497 or visit http://www.forkswa.com/2.html.
Other Conference Highlights:
Friday Afternoon 1 pm - Open mic.
Friday Afternoon 4pm - Poetry Slam.
Friday Evening Dinner On Your Own
Friday Evening Performance 7pm - “Storytelling – Recognition, Preservation, Oration, and Performance” featuring
Ed Edmo, Shoshone Legend Teller; Roger Fernandes, Northwest Salish Storyteller; Allen StandingBear Jenkins,
Wampanoag (Algonquian) Storyteller; Philip H. Red Eagle, Dakota/Salish Storyteller; Richard Van Camp, Canadian
Northwest Territories Dogrib (Tlicho) Storyteller.
Saturday Morning - Coffee, Juice Bar and Continental Breakfast - Mingling On Your Own
Saturday Luncheon: Kim Roppolo, Wordcraft National Director - Welcome
Elders and Storyteller’s Recognition Ceremony - Awards Ceremony for those who missed RTG in March '08
Saturday Afternoon Authors’ Reception, Book Sales and Signings
Saturday Evening Banquet with Entertainment by Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers (Tickets $25)
Banquet Only ($10)
Sunday Morning - Coffee, Juice Bar and Continental Breakfast - Mingling On Your Own
Sunday Box Lunch and Tour with Local Quileute, Hoh and Quinault Nation Storytellers and Tour Guides
Storytelling is an emphasis of this conference, with an ongoing series of Storytelling events. Science-Fiction literature panels,
roundtables and workshops are extended events throughout the conference.
and concurrent workshop sessions, with a special emphasis on Story and Storytelling. Our location is the exquisite, rugged
Pacific coastline of the Quileute Indian Nation, on Highway 101 just four hours from Seattle or Portland. The rustic resort has
a wide range of accommodations. “Some of the best rooms anywhere on this stretch of coast,” says Frommer’s Review. Some
cabins have whirlpool tubs, walls of glass, lots of cedar accents, and carved wood furniture with Northwest Coast Native
American designs. Other units are delightfully rustic. All have full kitchens for cooking in. The Quileute resort features a very
nice restaurant dockside, excellent seafood dinners, and souvenir wine glasses.
Our Guests:
Elizabeth Woody (Navajo/Warm Springs/Wasco/Yakama) Poet, Author, Storyteller, Cultural and
Civic Leader – Keynote Speaker: “The Long Memory”
Linda Boyden (Cherokee, Irish, and French Canadian) Author, Poet, Storyteller – Children’s Literature
“Inside the Story Circle” Workshop
Carol Craig (Yakama and Puyallup, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Squaxin, Snohomish, Snoqualmie and
Stillaquamish) Photojournalist - Journalism Workshops
Ed Edmo (Shoshone) Northwest Poet, Author, Performing Artist, Teller of Legends – The Short Story
"Write, write, write, write and RIGHT!" Workshop
Gary Farmer (Cayuga Nation) Actor, Filmmaker, Musician, Journalist - Acting/Filmmaking Workshop
Roger Fernandes (Salish) Northwest Storyteller, Artist - Storytelling Programs and Performance – “Storytelling:
Recognition, Preservation, Oration, and Performance”
Jane Haladay, Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies, University of North Carolina – Science Fiction Literature Panel
Terri Hansen (Winnebago/Tsalagi) / Valerie Brown, Award-winning Journalists – "News Stories that Need, and Get
Attention - Where to find them, how to write them" Journalism Workshop
Allen Standing Bear Jenkins (Wampanoag) Northeast Coast Algonquian - Faculty, Evergreen State College, Olympia,
Wash. – “Storytelling – Learning to write using what you know” Workshop
Philip H. Red Eagle (Salish/Dakota) Northwest Author; Editor, Raven Chronicles, Seattle; Canoe Carver – Programs
Facilitator - Storytelling / Sci-fi Literature
Janet Marie Rogers (Mohawk Canadian Six Territories) Northwest Poet, Author and Storyteller – “Down There” Workshop
Ren’ee Roman Nose (Cheyenne) Native Lecturer and Journalist– “Journalistic Integrity in the Face of Adversity” Journalism
Workshop
Dr. Kimberly Roppolo (Cherokee, Choctaw, and Creek descent) - Wordcraft Circle National Director, Assistant Professor
Native Studies, Univ. of Lethbridge - “Community Collaborative Drama: Writing and Performing Together as Paths to
Healing” Beginners Playwriting Workshop
Richard Van Camp (Dogrib [Tlicho] Nation) Canadian Northwest Territories Author and Storyteller – “Graphic Novels”
Workshop
Saturday Night Entertainment by Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers
Registration: $110: Includes coffee, juice and continental breakfast Saturday and Sunday, Saturday luncheon
Registration $90: Full registration Elders 60 years and over; and Registered Students.
Registration $75: Saturday Only – includes continental breakfast and lunch
Registration $125 Scholars (see registration form for more information).
Click here for Registration Form in Word Format
Meals:
Continental Breakfast : Saturday and Sunday - Included in Registration Fee
Lunch: Saturday - Included in Registration Fee
Banquet: Saturday Evening – $10
Banquet Saturday Evening and Entertainment by Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers - Tickets $25
Onsite lodging is the Quileute Oceanside Resort in LaPush, Washington, that features ocean-front motel rooms and cabins.
Pets with restrictions. Call 360-374-5267 for reservations. Credit cards accepted.
Rooms:
Camper cabin studio, no kitchen: From $55.00 Per Night
Studio with full kitchen: From $95 to $135 Per Night
One-bedroom cabins with full kitchen: From $90 to $145 Per Night
Two-bedroom cabins with full kitchen: From $115 to $160 Per Night
One three-bedroom duplex unit with full kitchen: From $150 Per Night
Forks, Washington Lodging: The nearby town of Forks offers lodging from $50 and up. A volunteer will help with suggestions
and referrals; call 360-374-5497 or visit http://www.forkswa.com/2.html.
Other Conference Highlights:
Friday Afternoon 1 pm - Open mic.
Friday Afternoon 4pm - Poetry Slam.
Friday Evening Dinner On Your Own
Friday Evening Performance 7pm - “Storytelling – Recognition, Preservation, Oration, and Performance” featuring
Ed Edmo, Shoshone Legend Teller; Roger Fernandes, Northwest Salish Storyteller; Allen StandingBear Jenkins,
Wampanoag (Algonquian) Storyteller; Philip H. Red Eagle, Dakota/Salish Storyteller; Richard Van Camp, Canadian
Northwest Territories Dogrib (Tlicho) Storyteller.
Saturday Morning - Coffee, Juice Bar and Continental Breakfast - Mingling On Your Own
Saturday Luncheon: Kim Roppolo, Wordcraft National Director - Welcome
Elders and Storyteller’s Recognition Ceremony - Awards Ceremony for those who missed RTG in March '08
Saturday Afternoon Authors’ Reception, Book Sales and Signings
Saturday Evening Banquet with Entertainment by Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers (Tickets $25)
Banquet Only ($10)
Sunday Morning - Coffee, Juice Bar and Continental Breakfast - Mingling On Your Own
Sunday Box Lunch and Tour with Local Quileute, Hoh and Quinault Nation Storytellers and Tour Guides
Storytelling is an emphasis of this conference, with an ongoing series of Storytelling events. Science-Fiction literature panels,
roundtables and workshops are extended events throughout the conference.
| Welcome to The Wordcraft Circle Writers Conference ‘A Pacific Northwest Gathering’ Quileute Oceanside Resort, Quileute Nation, LaPush, Washington October 17-19, 2008 |
| ( All Events except Banquet and Entertainment are Free ) |
| For individual biographies click here |