Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
Joshua Hood is an Indigenous bowmaker, traditional craftsman, teacher and mentor in Portland, Oregon who has dedicated his life to keeping his ancestors’ art forms alive. By inspiring his students to reconnect with nature, he’s growing and empowering his urban Indigenous community.
“A lot of the things that I teach and that I mentor, it's not about putting these things into people. This is in our DNA. So it's about pulling it out of people. Letting it be seen and letting it manifest itself into physical things that we can hunt with or pray with. And that’s a real gift.”
-Joshua Hood -- Portland, Oregon
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Joshua Hood is an Indigenous bowmaker, traditional craftsman, teacher and mentor in Portland, Oregon who has dedicated his life to keeping his ancestors’ art forms alive. By inspiring his students to reconnect with nature, he’s growing and empowering his urban Indigenous community.
“A lot of the things that I teach and that I mentor, it's not about putting these things into people. This is in our DNA. So it's about pulling it out of people. Letting it be seen and letting it manifest itself into physical things that we can hunt with or pray with. And that’s a real gift.”
-Joshua Hood -- Portland, Oregon
Learn more at danner.com/go-there
#GoThere #Danner
