The North Bend Public Library will host a book talk with Professor Rebecca J. Dobkins on Tuesday, July 25th at 2:00 PM. Rebecca Dobkins is author of the book, The Art of Ceremony: Voices of Renewal from Indigenous Oregon. In The Art of Ceremony Dobkins provides a contemporary and historical overview of the nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon and through conversations with tribal representatives shares their commitment to continuing ceremonial practices and renewing the language, art, ecological systems, kinship relations, and political and legal sovereignty. Rebecca Dobkins received a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a professor of anthropology and the curator of Native American art at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University. Dobkins has curated over two dozen exhibitions at the museum since its opening in 1998 and is responsible for caring for the collection of Native American art and for working with contemporary Indigenous artists and communities, particularly those in Oregon and the Northwest. Dobkins teaches courses in cultural anthropology, Indigenous Studies, and museum studies. For more information about this program, contact the library at (541) 756-0400 or email nbservices@northbendlibrary.org.
