Performing at Juan de Fuca Festival, 2023

The Story People of Clallam County are excited to partner with the Juan de Fuca Festival to bring storytelling to the festival. Gene will be performing on the Chamber Stage, Sunday May 28th at 12:30-1:30 pm. See the festival schedule and buy tickets here.

Gene Tagaban, “One Crazy Raven” is an influential storyteller, trainer, speaker, mentor and performer. He has been a featured teller at festivals nationally and internationally, including the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN. Using his gift of storytelling, dance, and music, he travels across the country performing, presenting, and facilitating workshops on suicide prevention, empowerment, leadership, relationship-building, communication skills, self-awareness, spirit and honor to participants of all ages.

Gene is a board member and trainer for the Native Wellness Institute. He has been a featured teller at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN, Kansas City storytelling Festival, the Bay Area Storytelling festival in Berkeley, St. Louis Storytelling Festival and the Singapore International Storytelling Festival. He can be seen on Northwest Indian News and the Native Entertainment Network. He is also featured in the films “Shadow of the Salmon” and Sherman Alexie’s “The Business of Fancydancing.” He was honored to perform with the Dalai Lama in the presence of an audience of 16,000 children at the “Seeds of Compassion” gathering in Seattle. WA and the Nature Conservancies 50th anniversary with Jane Goodall. Gene’s foremost passion is teaching.