Daphne Singingtree brings over five decades of experience as an educator, herbalist, midwife, author, and environmental advocate to her presentations. Whether speaking at science fiction conventions, teaching practical skills, or sharing her experiences defending land and water, she connects personal knowledge with the challenges facing our communities and the Earth.
As the author of the speculative fiction series Circle for the Earth, Daphne explores alternate history, Indigenous perspectives, community resilience, and possibilities for a different future. Drawing on her years as a practicing midwife and midwifery educator, she also shares insights into community-based health care, herbal medicine, and passing knowledge between generations.
Through storytelling, history, and practical wisdom, Daphne inspires audiences to learn from the past and imagine better futures.
Daphne Singingtree is available for conferences, conventions, workshops, book readings, podcasts, and community events. Presentations can be tailored to your audience, drawing on her experience in storytelling, herbal medicine, midwifery, emergency preparedness, and environmental protection.
Daphne does not lead ceremonies or offer opening prayers at events. For these requests, please contact other members of the Eugene Indigenous community.
Daphne offers conference presentations, convention panels, community workshops, book discussions, and interviews. Topics can be adapted for different audiences and event formats.
Exploring alternate history, worldbuilding, Indigenous perspectives in speculative fiction, independent publishing, and the ways stories help us imagine different futures.
Practical workshops on growing, harvesting, processing, and preparing herbal products, along with respectful relationships with plants and the natural world.
Growing food and medicine, preparing for disruptions, developing useful household skills, and building the community relationships that make resilience possible.
Lessons from Standing Rock, water protection, land stewardship, food sovereignty, and the importance of respecting Indigenous knowledge and experience.
Midwifery education, traditional and contemporary approaches to care, health equity, maternal and infant health, and the importance of preserving community-based knowledge.
Book readings and discussions, storytelling for children and adults, and conversations about a life shaped by teaching, activism, midwifery, and writing.
Practical Skills for an Uncertain World
What happens when the systems we depend on stop working? This engaging workshop explores practical herbal medicine, useful food and medicinal plants, emergency supplies, and the importance of community cooperation.
Participants discover how traditional skills and contemporary knowledge can support resilience during power failures, supply disruptions, natural disasters, and other emergencies. The workshop also connects these questions to Daphne's Circle for the Earth speculative fiction series.
Interested in bringing this workshop to your community? Daphne welcomes inquiries from conference organizers, community groups, and organizations interested in hosting educational events.
Other workshops include Making Herbal Medicine, Food as Medicine, Growing Resilience Through Permaculture, Herbal Products for Home and Family, and Healing Our Relationship With the Plant People.
From science fiction conventions to health and sustainability conferences, Daphne has presented to audiences interested in storytelling, practical skills, Indigenous perspectives, and community resilience.
Conference and convention appearances exploring speculative fiction, storytelling, and the connections between imagined worlds and real-world challenges.
Clinics at the NoDAPL Standing Rock Protests
Presented at the Integrative Medicine for the Under-served Conference in Chicago, with co-presenter Geeta Maker-Clark, MD. The presentation examined integrative health care at the Standing Rock protests.
Presentations on permaculture for emergency preparedness and developing home-based businesses using products grown and made locally.
Exploring Indigenous relationships with plants and lessons that can inform how we grow, harvest, and use plant medicine today.
Daphne teaches an ongoing Herbs in Pregnancy continuing education course through the Midwest Maternal Child Institute (MMCI), covering traditional uses, safety considerations, and contraindications of herbal medicine during the childbearing year. She also teaches periodically at MMCI and serves on the faculty of the Center for Indigenous Midwifery.
A presentation addressing maternal and infant health concerns, disparities, and the importance of culturally responsive care.
Daphne's speaking history also includes the Lost Valley Holistic Sustainability Seminar, the Northwest Permaculture Convergence, herbal medicine workshops, community education programs, and book readings and signings.
Her work crosses disciplines, connecting health, food sovereignty, environmental protection, practical preparedness, and the creative imagination.
Daphne joins podcast hosts for conversations about speculative fiction, publishing, herbal medicine, midwifery, personal history, and community resilience. Listen to the individual episodes below.
An upcoming interview exploring Daphne's experiences and perspectives. Scheduled for release November 19, 2026.
Listening link coming after release.
Indigenous Survivance for the Zombie Apocalypse
A conversation about preparedness, food sovereignty, mutual aid, Indigenous knowledge, and speculative fiction.
Listen to this episode ↗Self-Publishing Mistakes with Author Daphne Singingtree
A discussion about publishing a first novel, lessons learned, and advice for other independent authors.
Listen to this episode ↗A two-part interview about Daphne's life, midwifery, herbal medicine, community organizing, and the experiences that shaped her work.
Listen to Part 1 ↗ Listen to Part 2 ↗Planning a conference, convention, workshop, community gathering, podcast, or author event?
Daphne welcomes invitations to share knowledge, tell stories, discuss her books, and explore the connections between people and the Earth.
Presentations can be tailored to the interests and needs of your audience.
Contact Daphne About Speaking