Reclaiming the Urban Landscape for Food, Medicine, and Ceremony

The Public Interest Design Institute of Design Corps is facilitating an overview of Indigenous cultural collaborations in the Portland Metro Area for community healing in the 21st Century on Friday, Apr 10 from 9 am to 10 am PDT. This is an ongoing dialogue that continues the discussion begun at the Indigenous Public Interest Design Institute held on October 24, 2025.

Indigenous Professor of Indigenous Nations Studies, Judy BlueHorse Skelton, of the Nez Perce/Cherokee nation and Co-Founder of the ITECK Program at Portland State University will be continuing the conversation from the Indigenous Public Interest Design Institute that took place in October.

This follow up webinar will provide an overview of Indigenous cultural collaborations in the Portland Metro Area for community healing in the 21st Century, featuring the Oak Savanna Indigenous Traditional Ecological and Cultural Knowledge (ITECK) Center capital project in the heart of the Portland State University campus and a partnership with PSU’s Center for Public Interest Design.

The Audience will have the opportunity to participate in a Q&A with Judy where they will get to ask her questions directly about her work.

To learn more visit: https://www.pdx.edu/indigenous-nations-studies/iteck