Tune in on Friday, November 1st at noon PT for our next free Nuclear Waste Scholar Series webinar! Wenix Red Elk is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation who grew up on the Umatilla Reservation and is a traditional artist and cook. She will be presenting on First Foods, the relationship between each of the foods and the Tribe, and the Tribe’s current efforts to restore habitats.

Register here: https://bit.ly/4fctbd8

Wenix Red Elk is the Public Outreach and Education Specialist for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s Department of Natural Resources, Cultural Resources Protection Program where she educates the public on the First Foods management approach and coordinates and implements First Food related educational events, presentations, and cultural preservation excursions. Wenix has a AFA and BFA in Museum Studies from the Institute of American Indian Arts from Santa Fe and a Masters in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix. Wenix also enjoys working in all medias of art and instructs First Food and associated cultural classes such as food gathering and preparation, mat making, and other traditional art forms.

The Nuclear Waste Scholar Series is funded through a Public Participation Grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology.