Name: Johnny Moses • Stories from the First People of the Pacific Northwest
Start: 2025-09-12T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-12T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Buckminster Fuller Dome

$Johnny Moses \u2022 Stories from the First People of the Pacific Northwest$

Master storyteller, Johnny Moses will share songs, stories, and teachings from Native American peoples of the Pacific Northwest.
About this Event

Friday, September 12, 2025, 8:00PM • Stories from the First People of the Pacific Northwest with Johnny Moses in the Fuller Dome on the SIUE Campus

Johnny Moses, Whis-stem-men-knee – Walking Medicine Robe (Nuu-chah-nulth and Coast Salish)Johnny Moses is a traditionally trained Native American memorizer, singer, and master storyteller. In this presentation for all ages, he will share songs, stories, and teachings from Native American peoples of the Pacific Northwest.Johnny is a recipient of the Washington Governor’s Heritage Award. His collection of 80 songs from the Native Northwest was released in 2017 by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.Johnny has told stories, given presentations, and led song and prayer circles at the Fuller Dome every few years for three decades. Many individuals, of all ages, have learned from, and been uplifted by the words he has shared.This is his eighth visit to speak in the southern Illinois and St. Louis region. In 1996, on his first visit, recordings were made that are included in his book, Sacred Breath: Pacific Northwest Medicine Teachings, Stories, and Epics, forthcoming in 2026 from the University of Nebraska Press.

This event is open for all ages and although it is free, registration is required. The Fuller Dome is located on the SIUE campus just off of Circle Drive next to Vistor Parking Lot B.