Women pray during a spring celebration and first foods blessing at Coffee Creek Correctional Institute in Wilsonville, Ore., May 4, 2019. The annual event brings Indigenous women at the prison together with tribal elders and volunteers. — Bradley W. Parks / OPB

Indigenous inmates, volunteers navigate a year without ceremonies, celebrations

By Bradley W. Parks (OPB) and Arya Surowidjojo (OPB)

Indigenous Land Dec. 14, 2020 3:28 p.m.

Coronavirus restrictions have created a cultural void for Indigenous people in Oregon prisons once filled by large summer celebrations and regular spiritual practice.

Tags: COVID-19, Prison, Culture, Native Americans, Oregon