"Family is heritage, stories, education and history."
“Family is everything to me. Family is heritage, stories, education and history. It’s why The Museum At Warm Springs is important to me – the museum preserves the knowledge and culture of generations of our families, then shares it with all of us and with future generations,” said Gerald Tufti, an alumnus of OSU-Cascades who works at The Children’s Learning Center in Madras.
"It tells the story of our lands and people."
“I grew up hunting in Central and Eastern Oregon on my aboriginal ceded land,” said OSU-Cascades alumnus Austin Smith. “Now, as a wildlife biologist, I work to manage game animal habitat and herd health for future generations. The Museum At Warm Springs is important to me and my family. It tells the story of our lands and people.”
"We can explore our rich heritage together."
“I’m a member of the Wasco tribe and want to teach kindergarten in Warm Springs where my family lives,” said Josie Thomas, a junior at OSU-Cascades. “I think I’ll connect well with the children, especially because of my heritage. Maybe I can introduce them to The Museum At Warm Springs, where we can explore our rich heritage together.”
"It’s a place that tells the amazing stories about our heritage, our people, and our land.”
“The Museum At Warm Springs is important to my family. My sister-in-law, Debbie manages the gift shop and my son, Jason currently works there. But more than that, it’s a place that tells the amazing stories about our heritage, our people, and our land,” said OSU-Cascades alumnus Taw Foltz.
"It’s important to my family that we celebrate our ancestors’ history."
“My American Indian roots are a proud part of my identity,” said OSU-Cascades alumnus James Halliday, a land services administrator with the Planning Department of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. “It’s important to me and my family that we celebrate our ancestors’ history by continuing their traditions, joining gatherings and powwows, and inviting everyone to experience this rich history at The Museum At Warm Springs.”
