Pacific Crest Trail

“There was a medicine man that came here one summer, and he said ‘Your place is a higher ground’ . . .”

… To me, a higher ground is if somebody wants to fast, they come and stay here and have sacred fire, the tipi gets set up; the kids have their Naming Ceremony; and we have a Bear Ceremony, and also Eagle Ceremony. They come to stay here for those things.”

~Joan Dana (Feb. 25, 1937 - Nov. 24, 2020), in Project 562 by Matika Wilbur

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This place is on the traditional territory of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla, and Cascades 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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