About Esther
Esther Stutzman is Komemma Kalapuya, Hanis Coos and an Enrolled member of The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. She is a traditional storyteller, culture bearer and educator, working in Indian Education programs across Coos county and the surrounding areas for many years. She is a founding member of The Northwest Indian Storytellers Association, Mother Earths Children and all Native theatre company, and The Komemma Cultural Protection Association which hosted an Indian Education Summer Camp for nearly five decades, supports local Native youth and Indian education programming as well as language and land restoration work in the Willamette Valley.


