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Harvest Moon

2450 20th Ave. NW
Olympia, WA 98502
360.866.2809

Quinault Historian Harvest Moon has been weaving baskets for 31 years and has spent the last 21 years telling stories and teaching, offering the rich cultural history of the Coastal Salish people. Harvest Moon has a keen ability to adapt the legends and lectures to each individual audience. She has presented to one-quarter of a million people of all ages and woven over a thousand baskets. She has conducted around 500 hundred cattail projects in schools, camps, and museum field trips. Harvest Moon shines as bright as a golden moon for her delighted listeners, with audiences frequently saying "I could listen to you all day!"

Wisdom, Weaving, Songs and Legends
In this presentation, Harvest Moon brings together her two loves – traditional basket weaving and storytelling. As her fingers transform natural materials into a beautiful basket, she sings Coastal Salish songs that transition a weaver into what is called the "Basket World." Some simple indigenous instruments are being made for this program. Much like her baskets, Harvest's stories are carefully woven with words that hold a sprinkle of wisdom. They are captivating and entertaining to people of all ages. They will learn morals, history and respect. Wearing head-to-toe button blanket regalia, Harvest tells stories such as The Creation of the Mosquitoes and Why it Rains so Much.

 


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