PORT HADLOCK — Jamestown S’Klallam elder and storyteller Elaine Grinnell will share stories of her people from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
The storytelling at the Jefferson County Library at 620 Cedar Ave. will kick off a monthlong series of programs celebrating Native American people, said Brwyn Griffin, administrative services manager for the library.
During the September programs, collections presented to the Jefferson County Library in May by the Literacy Council of Jefferson County will be on display.
The council gave customized collections of Native American books to school, public and tribal librarians to promote diversity and literacy about Native Americans and Alaska Natives, Griffin said.
Like her ancestors, Grinnell has been a fisherman for many years, Griffin said.
“The salmon always has been a very spiritual subject with us,” he quotes Grinnell as saying.
“To be Jamestown is to walk down the beach to get food for our families to share with our neighbors and to gather our food in the fashion that we have done for centuries.”
The Jefferson County Library programs are co-sponsored by the Port Townsend Library, the Friends of the Jefferson County Library and the Friends of the Port Townsend Library.
For more information, see www.jclibrary.info or call 360-385-6544.