Stories of Home

Hear the voices of our region’s leaders and explore stories of home on the Ecotrust blog. Learn more about What We Do and our Current Projects.

Applications open: Indigenous Leadership Awards

A celebration of the determination, wisdom, and continuum of Indigenous leadership across the region. The 2024 Indigenous Leadership Awards call for nominations is open now!

A look back: Celebrating Antone Minthorn

PHOTO ESSAY | In June of 2022, friends, family, and community members gathered in the Main Hall of the Redd on Salmon Street to celebrate Antone Minthorn (Cayuse).

Corine Pearce, Master Weaver, Pomo

PARTNER VOICES | Learn more about Corine Pearce, who is honored with a 2023 Indigenous Leadership Award as a master artist in basketry.

An artists rendering of two water storage tanks embedded in a green hillside above a river

An Uneasy Conundrum: Green Energy & Tribes

FEATURE | Recordings and resources from the third event in the 2023 Indigenous Leadership Briefing series with Jeremy Takala, Maia Bellon, and Lauren Goldberg.

tree-filled tiny island in a calm waterway, cloudy sky

Exploring the abundance of Indigenous homelands

FEATURE | With the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw lndians, we produced an interactive StoryMap that provides educators throughout Oregon with a contemporary presentation on the tribes’ unique history, culture, and homelands

A group of people gathered, sitting and standing, outside near some buildings, shaded by a large tree.

Leadership in transition

ECOTRUST UPDATE | Reflecting on the lessons learned from leadership transitions.

A growing network of food systems leaders

PROGRAM UPDATE | We celebrate the successes of the inaugural cohort and look to the future of the Viviane Barnett Fellowship for Food System Leaders

Why we’re here

ECOTRUST UPDATE | A reflection and programmatic update from our Interim Executive Director, Olivia M. Rebanal