Roger Amerman
Ethnogeologist and artist who works with Indigenous oral traditions to interpret landscape and geology, co-creator of the Heads & Hearts exhibit and co-instructor of earth sciences at Northwest Indian College.
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Feb 13, 2026 • 20min
OMSI exhibit looks at geological events of Pacific Northwest through a Nez Perce lens
Ellen Bishop, geologist and photographer who blends field science with Indigenous narratives, and Roger Amerman, ethnogeologist and artist who interprets landscape through tribal oral traditions, discuss the Heads & Hearts exhibit. They explore how Nez Perce and Columbia Basin stories illuminate Mount Mazama, Ice Age floods, earthquakes and the cultural transmission of landscape knowledge.
