Background
Mrs. Woody was born in Ganado, Arizona, United States, on December 26, 1959. She is a daughter of Guy Woody and Charlotte Pitt, a counselor.
(This collection of poems by one of the Pacific Northwest'...)
This collection of poems by one of the Pacific Northwest's finest poets focuses on the land and people of that region, especially the Plateau Indian tribes and the contemporary issues that affect their lives.
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1994
Mrs. Woody was born in Ganado, Arizona, United States, on December 26, 1959. She is a daughter of Guy Woody and Charlotte Pitt, a counselor.
Elizabeth Woody was a student of Evergreen State College, from which she graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree in 1991. She also attended Institute of American Indian Arts from 1980 till 1983. Mrs. Woody completed the Master of Public Administration Program in 2012 (emphasis in Environmental Policy, and Natural Resources Management) at the Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University.
From 1994-1996, Mrs. Woody was a professor of creative writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts. In 1992, she was an invited writer at the Returning the Gift Festival of Native Writers and a featured poet at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival. Her poetry was chosen by James Welch for inclusion in the Spring 1994 issue of Ploughshares, which he edited.
Elizabeth Woody has worked in various programs teaching workshops, mentoring, as a consultant and lectures throughout the country. She has worked with the Telluride Native Writer's Forum, reading, panels, and workshops for Northwest Wordcraft Circle, Neah Bay, WA and Newport, Oregon; Southwest Native American High School Students, Telluride, CO; Young Writer's Conference and Performance, readings, illustration, poetry and short story workshops for Northwest Native American high school writers at Paschal Sherman Indian School, Omak, Washington; Grey Hills Academy Diné Fine Arts and Drama Festival, Tuba City, Arizona; and Flight of the Mind Writing Workshops for Women, McKenzie Bridge, Oregon.
As an artist, Mrs. Woody has exhibited regionally and nationally. She participated in the Pacific Rim Gathering that culminated in a touring exhibition in Hité'emlkiliiksix, "Within the Circle of the Rim: Nations Gathering on Common Ground". She has shown in "Submuloc Wohs/Columbus Show" and "For the Seventh Generation: Native American Artists Counter the Quincentenary", Columbus, New York.
She was selected to be an apprentice in the Oregon Folk Arts Master-Apprenticeship, to learn traditional basket weaving from Margaret Jim-Pennah. Mrs. Woody has also served as a juror for their program for two years, and has served on multi-disciplinary art fellowship jury panels for several arts organizations in the Pacific Northwest.
She was selected to be an apprentice in the Oregon Folk Arts Master-Apprenticeship, to learn traditional basket weaving from Margaret Jim-Pennah. Mrs. Woody has also served as a juror for their program for two years, and has served on multi-disciplinary art fellowship jury panels for several arts organizations in the Pacific Northwest.
Elizabeth Woody is on the Board of Directors of Soapstone, a Women Writer's Retreat, served on the original Willamette University Advisory Council for Native Programs located in Salem, Oregon, and served as founding secretary on the founding board of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation endowed by the Ford Foundation. She also served on the inaugural Advisory Board for Lewis and Clark College Graduate School of Education and Counseling conference, "Indigenous Ways of Knowing", and as a leadership circle advisor for the Ford Foundation's feasibility study on a national Native American arts and culture fund.
In 2005 Mrs. Woody was approved by resolution to serve on the steering committee for the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians proposed Northwest Tribes Indian Policy Center. She also advises the Evergreen State College Native Arts Council who held a Native American Arts Fair at the Washington State History Museum.
She formerly worked as Director of the Indigenous Leadership Program at the non-profit environmental organization, Ecotrust of Portland, Oregon for the Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award. After twelve years of service, and seven years of developing the program, Elizabeth Woody moved to the "National Science Foundation's Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction located at Oregon Health and Science University. She worked as the K-12 Program Coordinator for three years. She is a program officer at the Meyer Memorial Trust located in Portland, Oregon.
(This collection of poems by one of the Pacific Northwest'...)
1994
Quotations:
"I am pleased to be a part of an American literary tradition informed by a native aesthetic and legacy, honed by a specific environment with natural law for millennia. The stories, songs, artifacts are connected to a specific family and these legacies thrive in our communities. As a writer, I hope to never stop listening."
"While my work is beginning to reach a wider audience, I know that there are many aspiring native writers who have not found the opportunity. I hope to be able to provide encouragement and mentorship within my community at the Reservation of Warm Springs, Oregon, someday. In the Native Writer’s community there are many individuals who have given me encouragement."