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Annual Circle Of Life Salmon Celebration
ATTENTION NIVA MEMBERS and THEIR SUPPORTERS This is the "ANNUAL CIRCLE of LIFE SALMON CELEBRATION" put on by the Wood Family This Celebration is put on by the Wood Family each year, however, owing to age circumstances, (some of us can relate to that), Sandy and Erskine Wood have moved next door. And Yeayyyy ! […]
Christmas at Fort Vancouver
This season’s Christmas at Fort Vancouver event will take place on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. At the reconstructed Fort Vancouver, costumed volunteers will portray the sights and sounds of an 1840s fur trade Christmas and New Year’s Day. This holiday was one of the few times a year that the […]
Lantern Tour: An Evening at the Fort
Cost: $20 for adults, $10 for children 15 years and under. The "Lantern Tour: An Evening at the Fort" is a wonderful opportunity to experience the reconstructed Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Vancouver at night. As in past years, each adult attending the program will carry their own candle lantern and tour with a Park Ranger […]
VBMA’s January Military History Talks
Speaker: CW3 (retired) Dan Sockle Title: ISIS, Where Are You Now? Subject: Is Abu Bakr al Baghdadi still alive? Did he die in an airstrike in July 2017? If not, with the fall of Raqqa, where have he and his followers gone? They have gone into Niger, Mali, and Libya, as well as relatively ungoverned […]
MONTHLY NIVA MEETING
MONTHLY NIVA MEETING *** NOTICE TIME AND LOCATION CHANGE *** (We Meet the Third Wednesday of Each Month) NEW LOCATION: 4815 NE 7th Avenue Portland, OR 97211
New Exhibit and Artist’s Talk Features Contemporary Masks Inspired by Chinookan Stories
On Saturday, March 10, from 2 pm to 4 pm at the Fort Vancouver Visitor Center, artist Bill Rutherford will discuss his work, contemporary masks inspired by Chinookan stories. The masks are his interpretation of nine beings, including She Who Watches, Raven, Yuhlma, The Darkness One, Coyote, Salmon, Swallowing Monster, Wind, and Atathlia. "For years […]
VBMA’s March Military History Talk
Speaker: Mr. Dan Parshall Title: Next of Kin Subject: Dan Parshall recounts his father’s experiences as a World War I ambulance driver, based on letters, photographs, and other documents that highlight his career.
MONTHLY NIVA MEETING
MONTHLY NIVA MEETING *** NOTICE TIME AND LOCATION CHANGE *** (We Meet the Third Wednesday of Each Month) NEW LOCATION: 4815 NE 7th Avenue Portland, OR 97211