Natural History Book Group

The Natural History Book Group was founded on the recognition that Indigenous peoples have maintained a deep and reciprocal relationship with the land now known as Lake Oswego for millennia, the group acknowledges this history as an essential grounding for its work. Through participant-selected readings that focus on Traditional Ecological Knowledge, members explore how literature and nonfiction can deepen our understanding of the watershed and its indigenous history, while inspiring practical steps toward a more just relationship with both the land we call home and its original caretakers.

Led by the Oswego Lake Watershed Council, this group meets bi-monthly on the second Tuesday of every other month (January, March, May, July, September, and November) at 5:00pm. We meet at the Lake Oswego Public Library in the second-floor conference room. New members are welcome.

For more information please email Sharon Goss.

Coming Up:

November 10, 2026: Becoming rooted : one hundred days of reconnecting with sacred earth

January 12, 2027: A drum in one hand, a sockeye in the other : stories of indigenous food sovereignty from the Northwest Coast

March 9, 2027: When the river ran wild! : Indian traditions on the Mid-Columbia and the Warm Springs Reservation

May 11, 2027: Indians, fire, and the land in the Pacific Northwest

July 13, 2027: Medicine wheel for the planet : a journey toward personal and ecological healing

September 14, 2027: Becoming Little Shell : a landless Indian's journey home

Novmeber 9, 2027: Restoring the kinship worldview : indigenous voices introduce 28 precepts for rebalancing life on planet Earth

Past Book Group selections:

Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest by Josephine Woolington

Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley by David G. Lewis