IN THE EARLY 90'S I CONNECTED WITH THE SOUTHEAST POMO TRIBE NEAR UPPER LAKE IN ORDER TO REPLANT NATIVE TREES. ABOUT TWENTY YOUNG POMO AND THEIR ELDER CAME OUT ONE SATURDAY TO HELP RESTORE AN AREA WHICH HAD BEEN BURNED BY WILDFIRE IN 1989 OR SO. THE OLDER KIDS OPERATED A DRILLING AUGER TO DIG A DEEP HOLE FOR SOME TREES THAT THE FIRE CREW HAD PURCHASED. THEY TYPICALLY WERE INVOLVED IN THESE LABORS. THEN THE YOUNGER CHILDREN BROUGHT SPECIAL PACKS WITH SAPLINGS AND PLANTED THEM IN THE HOLES. THEY FIRE CREW SUPERVISED SOME AS WELL AS I DID. WE WORKED NEARBY UPPER LAKE AS IT WAS EASY FOR THE POMO FOLKS TO ACCESS.
WE REPLANTED MOSTLY DOUGLAS FIR AND SOME PONDEROSA PINES. AT THE END OF THIS EVENT THE ELDER POMO MAN BROUGHT A SPECIAL PRAYER STICK AND SAID A PRAYER TO BLESS THIS LAND. HE BURIED THE PRAYER STICK UNDER A LIGHT LAYER OF SOIL.
WE WENT HOME FEELING GOOD ABOUT OUR DAY OF HELPING THE EARTH HEAL.
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