Healers

Joe

Joe is a Siletz Tribal elder and descendent of the Takelma Band of Rogue River Tribes, living and working on the homelands of the Kalapuya People in what is now known as the Southern Willamette Valley. Joe is a traditional singer, dancer, artist, and storyteller. He is a Tribal culture bearer engaging in cultural and linguistic revitalization and education efforts in Tribal communities in the Pacific Northwest for decades. Joe serves as Program Director for the Traditional Ecological Inquiry Program (TEIP), an internship for Tribal youth that centers Indigenous ecological science and traditional ways of knowing as a foundation for the intergenerational exchange of knowledge through hands-on, inquiry-based activities and community projects. Joe is deeply committed to returning tribal cultural fire practices and indigenous fire science to a compromised landscape, supporting Tribal people as they work to restore healthy watersheds, prevent catastrophic wildfires, and cultivate abundant First Foods and materials.