Elizabeth Woody is a founding and current member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs in Oregon.
17 Facts About Elizabeth Woody
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From 1994 to 1996, Woody taught creative writing at IAIA.
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Elizabeth Woody has worked in various programs teaching workshops, mentoring, as a consultant and lectures throughout the country.
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Elizabeth Woody participated in the Pacific Rim Gathering that culminated in a touring exhibition in Hite'emlkiliiksix, "Within the Circle of the Rim: Nations Gathering on Common Ground".
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In Oregon, Elizabeth Woody served on the Northwest Native American Arts Services Task Force, sponsored by the Eastern Oregon Regional Arts Council and was one of the founding members of the Northwest Native American Writers Association.
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Elizabeth Woody was selected to be an apprentice in the Oregon Folk Arts Master-Apprenticeship, to learn traditional basket weaving from Margaret Jim-Pennah.
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Elizabeth Woody has 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.
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Elizabeth Woody 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.
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Elizabeth Woody 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.
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In 2005 Elizabeth Woody was approved by resolution to serve on the steering committee for the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians proposed Northwest Tribes Indian Policy Center.
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Elizabeth Woody advises the Evergreen State College Native Arts Council who hosts a Native American Arts Fair at the Washington State History Museum.
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Elizabeth Woody completed the Master of Public Administration Program in 2012 at the Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University.
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Elizabeth Woody 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.
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Elizabeth Woody worked as the K-12 Program Coordinator for three years.
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Elizabeth Woody is a program officer at the Meyer Memorial Trust located in Portland, Oregon.
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Elizabeth Woody received an American Book Award in 1990 for her book Hand into Stone from the Before Columbus Foundation.
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Elizabeth Woody is a recipient of the William Stafford Memorial Award for Poetry from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association and was a finalist in the Oregon Book Awards in poetry for Luminaries of the Humble in 1995.