Twin Sisters Rock
“The large basalt pillars in front of you are actually two Cayuse Indian sisters . . .”
… Coyote, a spiritual hero of many Indian legends, fell in love with three sisters who were building a trap in the river to catch salmon. Always the trickster, Coyote watched them and at night he would destroy their work.. The sisters rebuilt the trap daily but Coyote would destroy it each time. One morning Coyote saw the sisters crying. They were starving for fish. Coyote promised to build them a trap if they would become his wives. The sisters consented and he kept his promise. For many years Coyote lived happily with the sisters but after a while he became jealous of them. Using his supernatural powers, Coyote changed two of his wives into basalt pillars. The third wife he turned into a cave downstream. He then turned into a rock so that he could watch over them forever.”
~From informational sign at the site
LOCATION INFO:
TERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
This place is on the traditional territory of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla nations. (Crowdsourced info compiled by Native-Land.ca. Please visit the nations’ websites to learn more.) We support indigenous land rights and the Land Back movement.
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