Endorsements

Thomas Doty - Storyteller, Author, Teacher

Endorsements

"I pray that Tom lives for a long, long time so that generations ahead can hear these stories."

Agnes Baker-Pilgrim, Takelma Elder

"One of the best of Oregon's storytellers!"

Shannon Applegate, Author of Skookum

"Thomas Doty is a master of his art who has the ability to spellbind his audience with spontaneous creations of tales that are fresh and yet faithful in essence to their historical roots."

James Freeman, English Instructor, Bucks County Community College PA, Author of Ishi's Journey

"Thomas Doty's performances were stirring. The kids were transfixed!"

Susan McLaughlin, Academy Talented & Gifted Program, Southern Oregon University

"From the Black Hills of South Dakota, to the deserts of the Southwest, to the Oregon Country, Thomas Doty is the best spinner of native myths I have ever heard. And I've heard quite a few."

Dr. John Medicine Horse Kelly, Haida Scholar, Linguist and Teacher, Carleton University, Ottawa

"Thomas Doty is a thorough professional and one of the hardest working individuals I have met in my 35 years as an actor and director. He is constantly researching and exploring materials and means to bring added dimensions to the storytelling experience."

Michael Newell, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Old Globe Shakespeare Festival, Los Angeles County Schools

"At Ashland's community celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday storyteller Thomas Doty held the crowd spellbound."

Louise Watson, Daily Tidings, Ashland, OR

"It is a rarity indeed when a friend comes along who can relate traditional Native American stories with such clarity and flair! He captures your imagination and transports you back to yesteryear. Many thanks to you and your talent which comes from your Heart, to us, the People."

Talking Quail, Cherokee Nation

"Thomas Doty is a rarity -- a scholar whose work does not smack of lampblack or the dust of archaeology, a poet who brings the power of aptly chosen words to every facet of life, a teacher whose skills delight the young and the old."

Robert Casebeer, Poet and Emeritus Professor, Department of English, Southern Oregon University