Dayton Edmonds has had extensive experience serving as keynote speaker for graduation ceremonies, lecture series, conferences and camps nationwide, including:

Kentucky’s Union College

John Carroll University

Central State College

Pan-American University

Wenatchee Valley Community College

University of Puget Sound

University of the Virgin Islands

Lewis and Clark College

Washington State University

Linfield College

Numerous United Methodist Convocations for (high school) Youth

 

He has led workshops, seminars, and retreats in cultural sensitivity and diversity issues, language usage, women’s issues and concerns, and he has taught storytelling, puppetry, clowning, and fine and applied arts for:

Elderhostel programs

Washington Employment Security

National Forest Service

Peace Corps Schools

Americorps

Colville Confederated Tribes

Pine Ridge Lakota Nation

Other community and church organizations

 

Much of Dayton’s personal expertise comes from his experiences while serving:

15 years with Okanogan County Community Action Council

10 years with the United Methodist National Camping Committee

8 years with United Methodist General Commission on the Status and Role of Women

5 years serving the board of Okanogan County Child Development Association (Headstart, Epic, and others)

25 years of mission service to the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church in the fields of community development and education

 

Bibliography of Printed and Audio/Video Productions of Dayton Edmonds

Bibliography:

Trickster: Native American Tales, a Graphic Collection, by Matt Dembricki

Dayton Edmonds, Coyote and the Pebbles, pages 5-19,
Fulcrum Books, Golden, CO, 2010

Storytellers, A Biographical Directory of 120 English-speaking Performers Worldwide, by Corki Miller and Mary Ellen Snodgrass

Dayton Edmonds, pages 79-80
Mcfarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, North Carolina, 1998

The Gift of Music, story and illustration,

Orientation ’95, pages 21-23,
UMC Board of Higher Education and Ministry,
Nashville, TN, 1995

The Gift of Rabbit, story and illustration,

Orientation ’96, pages 15-17,
UMC Board of Higher Education and Ministry,
Nashville, TN 1996

The Gift of Fire, story and illustration,

Orientation ’97, pages 15-17,
UMC Board of Higher Education and Ministry
Nashville, TN 1997

The Farmer’s Three Sons, story,

Devo’Zine, The Upper Room’s Devotional Magazine for youth,
November/December 1997 issue,
Upper Room
Nashville, TN

The Drummers, illustrations,

Beginning reading for kindergarden and first grade,
Kaeden Corporation,
Rocky River, OH 1995

Coyote and the Plums, story and illustration,

Orientation ’99, pages 15-17,
UMC Board of Higher Education and Ministry,
Nashville, TN, 1999

Audiobiography:

A Storyteller’s Story, contains traditional wisdom, humor, and “how things came to be” stories of the Native American; a modern “coyote” tale; the title story of the teller’s initiation into the sacred art of the storykeeper.

Self-published,
Omak, WA 1994

Tour Guide Narrator, Central Washington Heritage Corridor-Othello to Omak.

Produced and distributed by Washington State Arts Commission,
Olympia, WA 1995

Videography:

Giving Starts a Chain Reaction,

produced by United Methodist Communications Commission,
Nashville, TN 1982

Circle of the Heart,

produced by Church World Service,
Elkhart, IN 1983

Faces on Faith, interview with Dayton Edmonds,

produced and distributed by EcuFilm,
Nashville, TN 1989

Catch the Spirit, Turtle Clan story,

UMC Productions,
Nashville, TN 1989

Articles:

The Magic of Storytelling, Columbiana Magazine,

Winter 1998-99 issue, pages 14-16,
Columbia River Bioregional Education Project,
Oroville, WA

Of Eagles, Magic, Music and the Sacred Art of Storytelling, Engage Social Action

January 1987, pages 20-23,
Discipleship Resources for Church and Society,
Nashville, TN

Omak Storyteller’s World Art, Music, Faith; Chronicle Scene,

November 22, 1995, page 5,
Omak Chronicle,
Omak, WA

Telling Stories Is His Calling, Interpreter Magazine,

January 1999 issue, page 22,
United Methodist Communications, Inc.,
Nashville, TN

A conversation with Dayton Edmonds, Alive Now Magazine,

September-October 1999 issue, pages 18-23,
Nashville, TN

In addition to the above, Dayton has told stories on numerous local, regional, and national television and radio broadcasts; most were recorded for continual use.