Josephine Woolington receives First Last Award for Nonfiction from Literary Arts Ooligan Press and Josephine Woolington’s collection of essays titled “Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the […]
If you haven’t had the pleasure of reading a book based in your hometown, I personally recommend it. Your knowledge of the local area serves to level up your reading when you can place the characters and envision the same streets they walk down.
Woolington’s essays focus on the history of each species, illustrate the importance of each species to the various Native peoples of the lands, and bring to light the importance of conservation of each species.
Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley will be an excellent resource for not only the everyday reader looking to educate themselves, but also in classrooms taking the very necessary time and space to learn about the peoples whose lands we now live on.