February, 2024 (TBA)

Winter Talk is a three day in-person and virtual conversation on the Christian Doctrine of Discovery (DOD) and its influence on Christian theology and polity.  Hosted by Center for Indigenous Ministries (DOC), Winter Talk is dedicated to furthering the conversation on the Christian Doctrine of Discovery and its dismantling.

Winter Talk is an important time for Canadians and US siblings to gather and eat, learn, and talk about the Doctrine of Discovery’s impact on North American peoples. All people are welcomed to Winter Talk; a place and space of accountability to  American Indignity  where the Indigenous voice is principle in an exploration of the past, an understanding of the present, and a visioning of the future.

2023 – Indigenous Religious Spheres: Incursions, Resistance, and Integration
Dr. Lisa Barnett and  Rev. Joshua Shawnee, SSM were this years 2023 Winter Talk Keynote speakers.  Lisa Barnett, Northern Cherokee of Missouri and Arkansas, is the Assistant Professor of American Religious History at Phillips Theological Seminary.  Rev. Joshua Shawnee,Shawnee and Delaware, serves as Education and Social Services Director of the Shawnee Tribe and pastor of the Parish Church of St. Jerome. Their talks questioned a history of incursion and resistance at the intersection of Indigenous and colonist religion and its impact on Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer North American people and Indigenous religion–with an emphasis on the Native American Church.

Past Speakers:
2014
Lisa Dellinger-Chickasaw
Ron Gurley-Cherokee
David Bell-Toppenish Creek Valley
2015
Richard Grounds-Euchee
2016
Robert J. Miller-Eastern Shawnee
2017
Sarah Augustine-Pueblo
2018
David Bell-Toppenish Creek Valley
2019
Chebon Kernell-Seminole
2020
Jon Ghahate-Laguna & Zuni Pueblo
2021
Year of COVID
2022 (COVID 2nd yr) CIM supported speakers committed to accountability to Indigenous voice @  DCHS Visions of Wholeness event)
Joshua Shawnee-Shawnee and Delaware
Lisa Barnett-Northern Cherokee of Missouri and Arkansas
David Bell-Toppenish Creek Valley
2023
Joshua Shawnee-Shawnee and Delaware
Lisa Barnett-Northern Cherokee of Missouri and Arkansas

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Winter Talk honors the season of winter.  The harvest is long past and spring soon to come. Winter is our time to think, tell stories, and eat.  At Winter Talk we come together as community to talk, eat, create new relationships, and then talk some more, eat some more, and learn to know our new relations all the more.  Join the people of our landscape, renew old relationships and create new ones!

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You will find 2024 Registration below when it become available.  If you have any questions, please contact: dave@justlivingfarm.org OR 509-969-2093
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Registration

YOU CAN REGISTER IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY
Register securely online (a small fee is added at checkout) at
BROWN PAPER TICKETS

If you would rather pay by check, please fill out the contact form below, click “Submit.” Make your Check payable to “JustLiving Farm.”  Write “Winter Talk” on the memo line and send to:  9000 Campbell Rd., Toppenish, WA 98948

Housing For Winter Talk

HAMPTON TULSA CENTRAL
Address: 3418 S. 79th East Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74145
Hotel Front Desk: 918-779-4000
Use link below:
Rate: $94 FOR STANDARD QUEEN OR KING, $99 QUEEN OR KING STUDIO SUITE

2023 Winter Talk Schedule

Monday, February  13
8:30am            Registration & Gathering (coffee & tea)
9:00                 Welcome and Blessing
9:05                 Acknowledging Sacred Space
9:50                 Break
10:00               Review of Doctrine of Discovery
11:00               Small Group
11:30               Q&A
11:45pm          Lunch and Conversation
12:45               Talk #1 with Joshua Shawnee
1:45                 Small Group Conversation
2:15                 Q&A with Joshua Shawnee
2:30                 Break
3:00                 Talk #1 with Lisa Barnett
4:00                 Small Group Conversation
4:30                 Q&A with Lisa Barnett
4:45                 Blessing
6:00                 Supper on your own

Tuesday, February  14
8:30am            Gathering (coffee & tea)
9:00                 Welcoming Sacred into Community
9:05                 Dreams
9:15                 Talk #2 with Joshua Shawnee
10:15               Small Group Conversation
10:45               Q&A with Joshua Shawnee
11:30               Chapel Service (Rev. Joshua Shawnee)
12:15pm          Lunch and conversation
1:30                 Talk #2 with Lisa Barnett
2:30                 Small Group Conversation
3:00                 Q&A with Lisa Barnett
3:15                 Break
3:30                 Panel:  Reconnecting to the Doctrine of Discovery
4:00                 Talking Circle
5:00                 Blessing
6:00                 Supper on your own @ NATV

Wednesday, February  15
8:30am            Gathering (coffee & tea)
8:45                 Welcoming Sacred into Community
8:50                 Gift Giving
9:50                 Retrieving the Items of Home
10:30               Journey Home ~ Be well until we next meet again!