CHABLIS ARE A PEOPLE OF NATIVES FROM WESTERN WASHINGTON. THEY HAVE TWO DIVISIONS, THE UPPER AND LOWER DIVISION. WITHIN THESE DIVISIONS ARE SEVERAL OTHER TRIBES. THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS WAS WHERE THE CHEBALIS AND SATSOP RIVERS MEET. THEIR LANGUAGE IS THAT OF THE COAST SALISHAN FAMILY. THEY RELIED ON FISHING FROM LOCAL NATIVES AND THE BUILT PLANK HOUSES FROM CEDAR. IN 1860 THEY SETTLED ON THE CHABALIS RESERVATION WITH AN AREA OF ONLY 18 KM SQUARED IN SOUTHWEST THURSTON COUNTRY. THEY HAVE ONLY 700 PEOPLE.
THE TRIBE IS VITAL WITH RICH TRADITIONS SUCH AS PAINTING ON WOOD, BUILDING CANOES, EXPANDING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. IN THE OLD DAYS THEY GATHERED SACRED ROOTS AND BERRIES. THEY FISHED THE CHABLIS AND VARIOUS RIVERS. THEY HUNTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE PRAIRIES. IN PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC TIMES THEIR BASKETS CARRIED AND STORED THEIR FOODS. WE RELIED ON THE RIVERS AND LAND AND BERRIES, THE FISH AND ANIMALS TO PROVIDE FOODS. OUR LIVES WERE TIED TOGETHER BY THE CREATOR. THESE GROUPS THRIVED FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL THE SETTLERS FORCED THEM TO GIVE UP THEIR LANDS, THEY REJECTED THE TERMS OF THE TREATY WHICH THE GOVERNMENT WROTE TO FORCE THEM OFF THEIR LANDS. THEY WERE CONSIDERED A NON TREATY TRIBE. FINANCIAL AID FROM THE GOVERNMENT WAS LIMITED FROM THEM.
THEY ENDURED THESE CHALLENGES AND HAVE BECOME SELF RELIANT. THEY HAVE A NATURAL RESOURCE DIRECTOR WHO MANAGES PHYSICAL, CULTURAL, AND QUALITIES OF THE AIR, WATER, EARTH , PLANTS, AND WILDLIFE. THEY HAVE A FISH HATCHERY TO RESTORE AND MANAGE FISH SALES AND ANALYZE PROJECTS FOR RIVER IMPACTS. THEY HAVE A WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM FOR MONITORING WATER QUALITY. THEY HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMING FOR AIR QUALITY, BURNING PERMITS, AND WATERSHED PLANNING. AND A FORESTRY PROGRAM FOR TIMBER HARVESTING AND CULTURAL GATHERING AND FIREWOOD PERMITS.
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Monday, March 7, 2011
COVILLE TRIBES
THIS TRIBE IS LOCATED IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF WASHINGTON. AND IS A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE. THE TRIBE WAS NAMED FOR ANDREW COLVILLE, A LONDON GOVERNOR OF HUDSON BAY COMPANY. THEY HAVE ABOUT 9000 PEOPLE FROM 12 ABORIGINAL TRIBES ON THE COLVILLE RESERVATION. THEIR INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE IS COLVILLE - OKANAGAN. PRIOR TO THE 1850'S THE ANCESTORS OF THE 12 ABORIGINAL TRIBES FOLLOWED SEASONAL CYCLES FOR FOOD. THEY MOVED TO THE RIVERS FOR FISH RUNS, TO THE MOUNTAINS FOR BERRIES, DEER, OR PLATEAU FOR FOOD. THEIR TERRITORIES WERE GROUPS. MANY ANCESTORS RANGED THROUGHOUT THEIR ABORIGINAL TERRITORIES AND OTHER AREAS IN ORDER TO HARVEST FOODS, TRADE, HAVE FEASTS, AND CELEBRATIONS, THAT INCLUDED SPORTS AND GAMBLINGS. THEIR LIVES WERE TIED TO LARGE LAND SPIRITUALLY.
WHEN MINERS SETTLERS AND ANGLOS CAME IN 1850'S THE NATIVES MOVED WEST. TRADING WAS A BIG PART OF THEIR LIVES. FINALLY AN OWNERSHIP BEGAN BETWEEN THE U S AND BRITAIN OVER THE OREGON COUNTRY. BOTH CLAIMED THE TERRITORY UNTILL THE OREGON TREATY IN 1846 THAT ESTABLISHED AMERICAN TITLE TO LANDS SOUTH OF THE 49TH PARRALEL. THE INDIANS WERE NOT CONSIDERED CITIZENS AND WERE NOT ENTITLED TO LANDS.
PRESIDENT FILLMORE SIGNED A BILL CREATING WASHINGTON TERRITORY AND THE BIA REPRESENTATIVE (ISAAH STEVENS) WAS TO MEET WITH THE INDIANS. STEVEN'S REPORT RECOMMENDED RESERVATIONS SO THAT THE INDIANS DID NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE THEM. IN 1854 THE NEGOTIATIONS IN 1854 THE NEGOTIANS WERE CONDUCTED TOWARD CONCENTRATING THE INDIANS ON A FEW RESERVATIONS NATURALLY SUITED TO THE REQUIREMENT OF THE INDIANS. THE YAKIMA WAR WAS FOUGHT FROM 1856 - 1859. IN 1865 NEGOTIATIONS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND A SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTED THAT THE INDIANS OCCUPY THE BEST AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND THEY CLAIM AN UNDISPUTED RIGHT TO THOSE LANDS. HE WANTED TO LIMIT THE AGRESSION OF THE WHITES AGAINST THE INDIANS.
IN 1872 PRESIDENT GRANT ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDER TO CREATE INDIAN RESERVATION WEST OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND REDUCE THEIR LAND TO SEVERAL MILLION ACRES. THE COLVILLE VALLEY, THE COLUMBIA, AND PEND D ORIELLE RIVERS WERE EXCLUDED . TWENTY YEARS LATER CONGRESS CEDED THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE RESERVATION AND THE GOVERNMENT PAID NATIVES $1 PER ACRE. LATER IN 1900OVER 1 MILLION ACRES WERE OPENED TO HOMESTEADING. IN 1914 THE SOUTH HALF OF THE RESERVATION WAS CEDED . CURRENTLY THE RESERVATION CONSISTS OF 2000 SQUARE MILES HELD IN FEDERAL TRUST STATUS.FOR CONFEDERATED TRIBES. THERE ARE ABOUT 7500 INDIANS HERE AND 50% LIVE ON OR ADJACENT TO THE RESERVATION. THE BIA EMPLOYS 800 - 1200 INDIVIDUALS IN PERMANENT, SEASONAL, AND PART TIME POSITIONS. EACH TOWN IN THE RESERVATION HAS ITS OWN SCHOOL.
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF SPOKANE IS A PLACE TO HAVE AN OUTREACH CAMPUS BIG BEND COLLEGE IS IN GRAND COULEE; SPOKANE TRIBAL COLLEGE HAS A JOINT VENTURE AND WANATCHEE COLEGE IS IN OMAK, MANY STUDENTS ON THE RESERVATION ATTEND A 4 YEAR COLLEGE. THEY HAVE MANY LEGENDS AND MYTHS ABOUT COYOTE.
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WHEN MINERS SETTLERS AND ANGLOS CAME IN 1850'S THE NATIVES MOVED WEST. TRADING WAS A BIG PART OF THEIR LIVES. FINALLY AN OWNERSHIP BEGAN BETWEEN THE U S AND BRITAIN OVER THE OREGON COUNTRY. BOTH CLAIMED THE TERRITORY UNTILL THE OREGON TREATY IN 1846 THAT ESTABLISHED AMERICAN TITLE TO LANDS SOUTH OF THE 49TH PARRALEL. THE INDIANS WERE NOT CONSIDERED CITIZENS AND WERE NOT ENTITLED TO LANDS.
PRESIDENT FILLMORE SIGNED A BILL CREATING WASHINGTON TERRITORY AND THE BIA REPRESENTATIVE (ISAAH STEVENS) WAS TO MEET WITH THE INDIANS. STEVEN'S REPORT RECOMMENDED RESERVATIONS SO THAT THE INDIANS DID NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE THEM. IN 1854 THE NEGOTIATIONS IN 1854 THE NEGOTIANS WERE CONDUCTED TOWARD CONCENTRATING THE INDIANS ON A FEW RESERVATIONS NATURALLY SUITED TO THE REQUIREMENT OF THE INDIANS. THE YAKIMA WAR WAS FOUGHT FROM 1856 - 1859. IN 1865 NEGOTIATIONS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND A SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTED THAT THE INDIANS OCCUPY THE BEST AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND THEY CLAIM AN UNDISPUTED RIGHT TO THOSE LANDS. HE WANTED TO LIMIT THE AGRESSION OF THE WHITES AGAINST THE INDIANS.
IN 1872 PRESIDENT GRANT ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDER TO CREATE INDIAN RESERVATION WEST OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND REDUCE THEIR LAND TO SEVERAL MILLION ACRES. THE COLVILLE VALLEY, THE COLUMBIA, AND PEND D ORIELLE RIVERS WERE EXCLUDED . TWENTY YEARS LATER CONGRESS CEDED THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE RESERVATION AND THE GOVERNMENT PAID NATIVES $1 PER ACRE. LATER IN 1900OVER 1 MILLION ACRES WERE OPENED TO HOMESTEADING. IN 1914 THE SOUTH HALF OF THE RESERVATION WAS CEDED . CURRENTLY THE RESERVATION CONSISTS OF 2000 SQUARE MILES HELD IN FEDERAL TRUST STATUS.FOR CONFEDERATED TRIBES. THERE ARE ABOUT 7500 INDIANS HERE AND 50% LIVE ON OR ADJACENT TO THE RESERVATION. THE BIA EMPLOYS 800 - 1200 INDIVIDUALS IN PERMANENT, SEASONAL, AND PART TIME POSITIONS. EACH TOWN IN THE RESERVATION HAS ITS OWN SCHOOL.
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF SPOKANE IS A PLACE TO HAVE AN OUTREACH CAMPUS BIG BEND COLLEGE IS IN GRAND COULEE; SPOKANE TRIBAL COLLEGE HAS A JOINT VENTURE AND WANATCHEE COLEGE IS IN OMAK, MANY STUDENTS ON THE RESERVATION ATTEND A 4 YEAR COLLEGE. THEY HAVE MANY LEGENDS AND MYTHS ABOUT COYOTE.
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LAKE SONOMA MUSEUM AND TRAILS
THE LAKE AND MUSEUM ARE MANAGED BY THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS. BACK IN THE EARLY 80'S WHEN WE FIRST MOVED HERE I WORKED ON A PROPOSAL FOR A REMODEL FOR A MUSEUM AT LAKE SONOMA IN HEALDBURG. WE DID NOT GET THE CONTRACT. HOWEVER, I HAVE SPENT A NUMBER OF DAYS HIKING THE RIDGES AND SOME STEEP TRAILS BY THE LAKE. OUR FAMILY HAS GONE TO CLOVERDALE TO SWIM IN THIS LAKE. I HAVE USED THEIR PICNIC GROUNDS ON SEVERAL GROUP GATHERINGS. THEY HAVE A FISH HATCHERY HERE AT THE DAM THAT WAS BUILT IN 1983. THE VISITOR CENTER HAS A FISH HATCHERY AND THEY EXPLAIN HOW SALMON, COHO SALMON AND TROUT REPRODUCE. THEY EXPLAIN HOW THEY COUNT THEM AND WHEN THEY RELEASE THEM BACK INTO THE LAKE AND DRY CREEK. IT IS AN INTERESTING MUSEUM IN THAT THE EXHIBIT POMO BASKETS - MINIATURES AND BEAUTIFUL BIRD FEATHER BASKETS. THEY HAVE A REPRODUCED POMO CAMPSITE WITH A WIKIUP AND MODELS COOKING AROUND A CAMPFIRE.
THEY HAVE MANY PRESERVED BIRDS IN THE AREA AND I REMEMBER SEEING A PEREGRIN FALCON THERE. THEY HAVE MANIPULATED THEIR NESTS SO THE YOUNG SURVIVE THERE. THEY EVEN HAVE EAGLES AS WELL. THEY EXPLAIN HOW THEY EXTRACT FISH EGGS FROM PREGNANT FEMALE FISH AND PUT THEM IN THEIR HATCHERY. NEITHER I NOR MY SON LIKE THE SMELL IN THIS HATCHERY.
THE SCENERY IS BEAUTIFUL WITH A LAKE OF 2700 ACRES. THERE ARE 40 MILES OF TRAILS HERE - SOME SHORT AND SOME LONG AND SOME FOR HORSE RIDERS ONLY. THEY HAVE FERAL PIGS THAT PEOPLE HUNT. MANY PEOPLE HAVE THEIR BOATS DOCKED HERE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE HAVE RENTED A HOUSEBOAT WITH OUR FRIENDS HERE LONG AGO.
THEY HAVE MANY PRESERVED BIRDS IN THE AREA AND I REMEMBER SEEING A PEREGRIN FALCON THERE. THEY HAVE MANIPULATED THEIR NESTS SO THE YOUNG SURVIVE THERE. THEY EVEN HAVE EAGLES AS WELL. THEY EXPLAIN HOW THEY EXTRACT FISH EGGS FROM PREGNANT FEMALE FISH AND PUT THEM IN THEIR HATCHERY. NEITHER I NOR MY SON LIKE THE SMELL IN THIS HATCHERY.
THE SCENERY IS BEAUTIFUL WITH A LAKE OF 2700 ACRES. THERE ARE 40 MILES OF TRAILS HERE - SOME SHORT AND SOME LONG AND SOME FOR HORSE RIDERS ONLY. THEY HAVE FERAL PIGS THAT PEOPLE HUNT. MANY PEOPLE HAVE THEIR BOATS DOCKED HERE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE HAVE RENTED A HOUSEBOAT WITH OUR FRIENDS HERE LONG AGO.
CHURCH OF SPIRITUAL LIIVING
THE THEME FOR THIS MONTH WAS ETERNAL LIFE. IT WAS ALL ABOUT BIRTH AND DEATH. DR. VILJOEN WENT TO AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO LAST WEEK TELLING US THAT FORMED A GOOD AMOUNT OF CLARITY BETWEEN TWO FACTIONS OF THE CHURCH. HE SAID WE ARE MORE THAN OUR BIRTHDATE , MORE THAN 0UR EDUCATION, MORE THAN OUR STATISTICS. LOVE IS MOST RELEVANT TODAY. HOW MUCH YOUR GIVING IS HOW MUCH YOU GET BACK. ENJOY LIFE FOR WHAT IT IS , ENJOY WHAT YOU DO. LIFE AND DEATH ARE INFREQUENTLY TALKED ABOUT . HE MENTIONED AN EXAMPLE OF 2 TWINS WHO WERE TALKING TO EACH OTHER IN THE WOMB. THEY WERE ASKING EACH OTHER WHAT WAS LIFE ABOUT AND WHAT WAS DEATH ABOUT? THEN ONCE THEY WERE BORN THEY WONDERED IF THEY WOULD HAVE SIMILAR ATTITUDES AND FEELINGS ABOUT THINGS. THE CHURCH SAYS LIFE DOESN'T BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE BORN AND IT WON'T END WHEN YO9U DIE.
MY CANCUN TRIP
IN 1986 MY HUSBAND AND I VISITED THE EAST COAST OF YUCATAN PENNISULA. IT IS ON THE EAST COAST OF YUCATAN PENNISULA. IT HAS A NUMBER OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PYRAMIDS AND SITES. ISLA DE MUJERAS, BAY OF THE WOMEN, HAS WONDERFUL BEACHES. YOU TAKE A SMALL BOAT TO THE ISLAND AND SWIM IN THE WARM SEA WATERS WITH GIANT TURTLES AND DOLPHINS. WE TOOK A MOTORCYCLE RIDE IN THE SAND.
IN A SMALL COVE IN CANCUN WE SNORKELED AND FOUND VARIOUS BRILLIANT FISH AND OCTOPUS AS WELL AS CORAL REEFS. THERE WERE STAR FISH AND LIVING SHELLS. WE HIKED TO THE RUINS OF COBA AS WELL. THERE WERE ARCHAEOLOGISTS EXCAVATING THIS SITE AND IT HAD A LARGE SYSTEM OF CANALS . I CAME DOWN WITH DYSENTERY. AND STAYED FOR THREE DAYS IN A NICE HOTEL AFTER GETTING A SHOT FROM A DOCTOR.
MY HUSBAND AND I WORKED WENT TO CHICHEN ITZA BEFORE MEETING MY FAMILY AND MY SISTER IN LAWS PARENTS. IN CANCUN. CHICHAN ITZA IS A HUGE SITE WHERE WE STAYED IN ROOMS THAT WERE BUILT FOR THE ARCHEOLOGISTS WHO EXCAVATED THE SITES. IT HAS A LARGE PYRAMID WITH A BALL COURT AND SCULPTURES ON SOME OF THE OUTLYING STONE BUILDINGS. ALSO HAD A STONE BUILT OBSERVATORY. THESE PREHISTORIC INDIANS WERE VERY ADEPT AT USING THE STARS TO TRACT THEIR SEASONAL CALENDAR AND WHAT TO GATHER AND PLANT DURING DIFFERENT SEASONS. THEY HAD AN ELABORATE TRADE SYSTEM WITH MANY OTHER SITES.
OUR ENTIRE FAMILY HIKED INTO THE RUINS OF MUJIL, JUST SOUTH OF TULUM. YOU HAVE TO HIKE INTO THE RUINS ABOUT 1 MILE ON A DIRT ROAD. THEY HAVE SEVERAL PYRAMIDS THAT HAD NOT BEEN EXCAVATED. THERE ARE . THERE ARE LARGE ROCK STELA ABOUT 8 FEET HIGH WHICH WERE USED AS A MONUMENT OR COMMEMORATIVE TABLET. THEY ARE FOUND IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AS WELL.
WE ALSO TRAVELED TO TULUM WHICH IS ON THE BEAUTIFUL SEASHORE OF THE CARIBBEAN. TULUM MEANS WALL. IT IS A WALLED CITY, ONE OF THE FEW THE ANCIENTS BUILT. AFTER 1840 THEY CUT ALL THE TREES FROM THE SITE. IT DATES TO 560 AD - AS IS INSCRIBED ON A STELA. THIS CITY SERVED AS A MAJOR LINK IN THE MAYAN TRADE NETWORK. ARTIFACTS FOUND HERE RANGE FROM CENTRAL MEXICO TO CENTRAL AMERICA - COPPER RATTLES, FLINT, JADE, AND GUATEMALAN OBSIDIAN. THE SPANIARDS CAME HERE AFTER 1600 AND UNWITTINGLY SPREAD THEIR DISEASES TO THEM WHICH VIRTUALLY ELIMINATED MOST OF THE POPULATION. THEY BUILT TEMPLES TO VARIOUS GODS HERE. THERE IS A NICE BEACH WHERE THE TRADING CANOES WOULD EXPORT AND IMPORT VARIOUS GOODS.
IN A SMALL COVE IN CANCUN WE SNORKELED AND FOUND VARIOUS BRILLIANT FISH AND OCTOPUS AS WELL AS CORAL REEFS. THERE WERE STAR FISH AND LIVING SHELLS. WE HIKED TO THE RUINS OF COBA AS WELL. THERE WERE ARCHAEOLOGISTS EXCAVATING THIS SITE AND IT HAD A LARGE SYSTEM OF CANALS . I CAME DOWN WITH DYSENTERY. AND STAYED FOR THREE DAYS IN A NICE HOTEL AFTER GETTING A SHOT FROM A DOCTOR.
MY HUSBAND AND I WORKED WENT TO CHICHEN ITZA BEFORE MEETING MY FAMILY AND MY SISTER IN LAWS PARENTS. IN CANCUN. CHICHAN ITZA IS A HUGE SITE WHERE WE STAYED IN ROOMS THAT WERE BUILT FOR THE ARCHEOLOGISTS WHO EXCAVATED THE SITES. IT HAS A LARGE PYRAMID WITH A BALL COURT AND SCULPTURES ON SOME OF THE OUTLYING STONE BUILDINGS. ALSO HAD A STONE BUILT OBSERVATORY. THESE PREHISTORIC INDIANS WERE VERY ADEPT AT USING THE STARS TO TRACT THEIR SEASONAL CALENDAR AND WHAT TO GATHER AND PLANT DURING DIFFERENT SEASONS. THEY HAD AN ELABORATE TRADE SYSTEM WITH MANY OTHER SITES.
OUR ENTIRE FAMILY HIKED INTO THE RUINS OF MUJIL, JUST SOUTH OF TULUM. YOU HAVE TO HIKE INTO THE RUINS ABOUT 1 MILE ON A DIRT ROAD. THEY HAVE SEVERAL PYRAMIDS THAT HAD NOT BEEN EXCAVATED. THERE ARE . THERE ARE LARGE ROCK STELA ABOUT 8 FEET HIGH WHICH WERE USED AS A MONUMENT OR COMMEMORATIVE TABLET. THEY ARE FOUND IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AS WELL.
WE ALSO TRAVELED TO TULUM WHICH IS ON THE BEAUTIFUL SEASHORE OF THE CARIBBEAN. TULUM MEANS WALL. IT IS A WALLED CITY, ONE OF THE FEW THE ANCIENTS BUILT. AFTER 1840 THEY CUT ALL THE TREES FROM THE SITE. IT DATES TO 560 AD - AS IS INSCRIBED ON A STELA. THIS CITY SERVED AS A MAJOR LINK IN THE MAYAN TRADE NETWORK. ARTIFACTS FOUND HERE RANGE FROM CENTRAL MEXICO TO CENTRAL AMERICA - COPPER RATTLES, FLINT, JADE, AND GUATEMALAN OBSIDIAN. THE SPANIARDS CAME HERE AFTER 1600 AND UNWITTINGLY SPREAD THEIR DISEASES TO THEM WHICH VIRTUALLY ELIMINATED MOST OF THE POPULATION. THEY BUILT TEMPLES TO VARIOUS GODS HERE. THERE IS A NICE BEACH WHERE THE TRADING CANOES WOULD EXPORT AND IMPORT VARIOUS GOODS.
Friday, March 4, 2011
HOH TRIBE
THE HOH TRIBE FOCUSES ON THE SOUTHERN RIVER IT'S IDENTITY AND FOR ECONOMIC PATTERNS. THEY ARE 8 MILES NORTH OF ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON. THESE PEOPLE WERE CREATED. KWATI WAS THE TRANSFORMER A SHAPE SHIFTING GUY.
WHEN KWATI GOT TO THE HOH RIVER HE OBSERVED THE PEOPLE WERE UPSIDE DOWN. THEY WALKED ON THEIR HANDS AND THEIR DIPNETS. THEY WALKED ON THEIR HANDS AND THEIR DIPNETS WERE HANDLED WITH THEIR FEET. HOH ELDERS STILL REFER TO THEMSELVES AS UPSIDE DOWN PEOPLE. AFTER HE SET THE PEOPLE UPRIGHT THE TRANSFORMER TOLD THE ANCESTORS "YOU SHALL USE YOUR FEET TO WALK". YOU SHALL CATCH MUCH FISH AND EVEN SINCE THEN THERE IS MUCH SMELT. THERE IS A MYTHIC NARRATIVE FOR AN ORIGIN OF THE RIVER. AS THE STORY GOES KWATI KILLED THE CHIEF OF THE WOLVES AND TRIED TO ESCAPE FROM THE OTHER WOLVES, BENT ON REVENGE. KWATI RAN TO THE BEACH AND WOLVES FOLLOWED HIM. AS SOON AS THE WOLVES WERE ABOUT TO REACH HIM, HE STRUCK THE GROUND WITH A COMB. THEN THERE APPEARED A CLIFF. THE WOLVES SWAM AROUND A CLIFF. ONCE MORE OF THE WOLVES WERE ABOUT TO OVERTAKE KWATI BUT HE SPILLED OIL ON THE GROUND AND THERE WAS A RIVER. THE WOLVES SWAM ACROSS THE RIVER. HE WENT AROUND THE COUNTRY AND HE MAADE THE CLIFFS HIGHER AND HIGHER AND SO HE WAS NEVER OVERTAKEN BY THE PURSUING WOLVES.
THEIR HISTORY IS SUCH THAT THE TRIBE IS IMPORTANT IN THE HOH WATERSHED OF THEIR RESERVATION OF ABOUT 440 ACRES. THEY ARE THE TRADITIONAL OWNERS OF THEIR LAND AND RETAIN TIES TO THEIR SITES, LANDSCAPES, AND RESOURCES. THEIR LANGUAGE WAS NAMED FROM THE QUINALT LANGUAGE NAME FOR THE RIVER. NO MEANING IS ASSOCIATED FOR THE QUINAULT NAME. ONE WRITER CLAIMS HOH MEANS FAST WASTE WATER. THEY CALL THEIR RIVER CHA'LAK'AT'SIT. AND IT MEANS SOUTHERN RIVER. THE RIVER DESCENDS 7000 FEET FROM THE OLYMPIC GLACIERS TO THE TIDEWATERS AND MADE 145 " OF RAIN PER YEAAR. THEIR LIFE CENTERED ON THE SALMON, CEDAR, AND SPIRIT OF THE WATERSHED.
IN ABORIGINAL TIME THE HOH HAD 7 SETTLEMENTS OF VILLAGES WITH 110 PEOPLE. MANY HAD FISH TRAP WEIRS ACROSS THE RIVER. THERE WAS MOVEMENT AS PEOPLE PULLED THERE. THE OLD PEOPLE'S COGNITIVE MAPS WERE DOTTED WITH PLACE NAMES, HUNTING GROUNDS, SITES ASSOCIATED WITH MYTHIC NARRATIVES, SPIRITUAL BELIEFS AND FORAGING SPOTS. MUCH OF THIS ORAL HISTORY HAS BEEN LOST.
ONE RESEARCHER SAID THE HOH ARE IN A LAND THAT SLEPT LATE. THEY ARE A STUDY OF PEOPLE IN THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS IN LEGEND AND HISTORY. THEY LEFT VERY VERY LITTLE BEHIND FOR ARCHAEOLOGIST. THEIR BELIEF SYSTEM ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR LIFE. CONTINUING AVAILABILITY AND ACCESS TO KEY RESOURCES ARE IMPORTANT FOR CONTEMPORARY TRIBAL LIFE, DIET CRAFTS, AND BELIEF SYSTEMS. THE TRIBE WAS PROUD OF THEIR LOCATION BASED TRADITIONS AND PLACE NAMES. THE NAMES OF THE ABORIGINAL HABITATION AND LAND USE PATTERNS REVEALED THEIR COMMUNITY HISTORY. RITUAL SITES AND CLEANSING SITES ARE RESOURCES OF CONCERN. FAILURE TO RESPECT THIS DIGNITY OF THESE SITES COULD RESULT IN TENSIONS AMONG THEIR TRIBAL MEMBERS BASED UPON
THEIR TRIBAL BELIEFS. IT COULD RESULT IN PERSONAL MISFORTUNE. IN SENSITIVE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ARE CAUSAL MECHANISMS. THAT COULD RESULT IN DEGRADING A SPECIAL PLACE.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, KEYFISH, AND PLANTS ARE OF HIGH CONCERN TO THE HOH TRIBE. THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER WAS IMPORTANT DURING ABORIGINAL TIMES. THE HOH USED TROLL AND DRIFT NETS IN THE TIDAL AREAS AROUND THE RIVER MOUTH AND CAUGHT PLENTY OF FISH. MOST FAMILIES KEPT A COMMODIOUS SMOKEHOUSE NEAR THE RIVER MOUTH FOR DIP NETTED SMELT, HERRING, SALT WATER FISH, CLAMS, AND MUSSELS. THEY BUILT OCEAN GOING CANOES.
THE LOWER HOH RIVER VILLAGE WAS THE MAIN VILLAGE AT THE TIME OF CONTACT AND MAY HAVE HAD 5 MULTI-FAMILY SHED ROOFED CEDAR PLANK LONG HOUSES. IN ABORIGINAL TIMES THE VILLAGES WERE FACING THE OCEAN TO THE WEST. BY 1930'S THE VILLAGE WAS A SEMI CIRCLE OF HOMES AND SHACKS AT THE TURN AROUND OF THE RIVER MOUTH AFTER THE ROAD WAS FINISHED.COMMUNITY MEMBERS STARTED BUILDING HOUSES INLAND VS. IN THE COAST . THE TRADITIONAL SITE AT THE RIVER BEEN ABANDONED FOR 1000 YEARS. BY 1893 THE HOH RESERVATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY AN EXECUTIVE ORDER. THEY LIVE O 443 ACRES RESERVATION. AT FOSSIL CREEK THERE IS AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE MADE OF REMNANTS AND TOOLS FROM MAKING A PARTIALLY FINISHED CANOE. MANY HOH PLACE NAMES DON'T SEEM TO MEAN ANYTHING. ONE MAN'S SPRING HAD FEDERAL CREEK RUNS INTO THE HIGHWAY. THIS CREEK IS WHERE THE FISH HATCHERY IS. THE OLD PEOPLE CONDUCTED RITUALS.
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WHEN KWATI GOT TO THE HOH RIVER HE OBSERVED THE PEOPLE WERE UPSIDE DOWN. THEY WALKED ON THEIR HANDS AND THEIR DIPNETS. THEY WALKED ON THEIR HANDS AND THEIR DIPNETS WERE HANDLED WITH THEIR FEET. HOH ELDERS STILL REFER TO THEMSELVES AS UPSIDE DOWN PEOPLE. AFTER HE SET THE PEOPLE UPRIGHT THE TRANSFORMER TOLD THE ANCESTORS "YOU SHALL USE YOUR FEET TO WALK". YOU SHALL CATCH MUCH FISH AND EVEN SINCE THEN THERE IS MUCH SMELT. THERE IS A MYTHIC NARRATIVE FOR AN ORIGIN OF THE RIVER. AS THE STORY GOES KWATI KILLED THE CHIEF OF THE WOLVES AND TRIED TO ESCAPE FROM THE OTHER WOLVES, BENT ON REVENGE. KWATI RAN TO THE BEACH AND WOLVES FOLLOWED HIM. AS SOON AS THE WOLVES WERE ABOUT TO REACH HIM, HE STRUCK THE GROUND WITH A COMB. THEN THERE APPEARED A CLIFF. THE WOLVES SWAM AROUND A CLIFF. ONCE MORE OF THE WOLVES WERE ABOUT TO OVERTAKE KWATI BUT HE SPILLED OIL ON THE GROUND AND THERE WAS A RIVER. THE WOLVES SWAM ACROSS THE RIVER. HE WENT AROUND THE COUNTRY AND HE MAADE THE CLIFFS HIGHER AND HIGHER AND SO HE WAS NEVER OVERTAKEN BY THE PURSUING WOLVES.
THEIR HISTORY IS SUCH THAT THE TRIBE IS IMPORTANT IN THE HOH WATERSHED OF THEIR RESERVATION OF ABOUT 440 ACRES. THEY ARE THE TRADITIONAL OWNERS OF THEIR LAND AND RETAIN TIES TO THEIR SITES, LANDSCAPES, AND RESOURCES. THEIR LANGUAGE WAS NAMED FROM THE QUINALT LANGUAGE NAME FOR THE RIVER. NO MEANING IS ASSOCIATED FOR THE QUINAULT NAME. ONE WRITER CLAIMS HOH MEANS FAST WASTE WATER. THEY CALL THEIR RIVER CHA'LAK'AT'SIT. AND IT MEANS SOUTHERN RIVER. THE RIVER DESCENDS 7000 FEET FROM THE OLYMPIC GLACIERS TO THE TIDEWATERS AND MADE 145 " OF RAIN PER YEAAR. THEIR LIFE CENTERED ON THE SALMON, CEDAR, AND SPIRIT OF THE WATERSHED.
IN ABORIGINAL TIME THE HOH HAD 7 SETTLEMENTS OF VILLAGES WITH 110 PEOPLE. MANY HAD FISH TRAP WEIRS ACROSS THE RIVER. THERE WAS MOVEMENT AS PEOPLE PULLED THERE. THE OLD PEOPLE'S COGNITIVE MAPS WERE DOTTED WITH PLACE NAMES, HUNTING GROUNDS, SITES ASSOCIATED WITH MYTHIC NARRATIVES, SPIRITUAL BELIEFS AND FORAGING SPOTS. MUCH OF THIS ORAL HISTORY HAS BEEN LOST.
ONE RESEARCHER SAID THE HOH ARE IN A LAND THAT SLEPT LATE. THEY ARE A STUDY OF PEOPLE IN THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS IN LEGEND AND HISTORY. THEY LEFT VERY VERY LITTLE BEHIND FOR ARCHAEOLOGIST. THEIR BELIEF SYSTEM ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR LIFE. CONTINUING AVAILABILITY AND ACCESS TO KEY RESOURCES ARE IMPORTANT FOR CONTEMPORARY TRIBAL LIFE, DIET CRAFTS, AND BELIEF SYSTEMS. THE TRIBE WAS PROUD OF THEIR LOCATION BASED TRADITIONS AND PLACE NAMES. THE NAMES OF THE ABORIGINAL HABITATION AND LAND USE PATTERNS REVEALED THEIR COMMUNITY HISTORY. RITUAL SITES AND CLEANSING SITES ARE RESOURCES OF CONCERN. FAILURE TO RESPECT THIS DIGNITY OF THESE SITES COULD RESULT IN TENSIONS AMONG THEIR TRIBAL MEMBERS BASED UPON
THEIR TRIBAL BELIEFS. IT COULD RESULT IN PERSONAL MISFORTUNE. IN SENSITIVE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ARE CAUSAL MECHANISMS. THAT COULD RESULT IN DEGRADING A SPECIAL PLACE.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, KEYFISH, AND PLANTS ARE OF HIGH CONCERN TO THE HOH TRIBE. THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER WAS IMPORTANT DURING ABORIGINAL TIMES. THE HOH USED TROLL AND DRIFT NETS IN THE TIDAL AREAS AROUND THE RIVER MOUTH AND CAUGHT PLENTY OF FISH. MOST FAMILIES KEPT A COMMODIOUS SMOKEHOUSE NEAR THE RIVER MOUTH FOR DIP NETTED SMELT, HERRING, SALT WATER FISH, CLAMS, AND MUSSELS. THEY BUILT OCEAN GOING CANOES.
THE LOWER HOH RIVER VILLAGE WAS THE MAIN VILLAGE AT THE TIME OF CONTACT AND MAY HAVE HAD 5 MULTI-FAMILY SHED ROOFED CEDAR PLANK LONG HOUSES. IN ABORIGINAL TIMES THE VILLAGES WERE FACING THE OCEAN TO THE WEST. BY 1930'S THE VILLAGE WAS A SEMI CIRCLE OF HOMES AND SHACKS AT THE TURN AROUND OF THE RIVER MOUTH AFTER THE ROAD WAS FINISHED.COMMUNITY MEMBERS STARTED BUILDING HOUSES INLAND VS. IN THE COAST . THE TRADITIONAL SITE AT THE RIVER BEEN ABANDONED FOR 1000 YEARS. BY 1893 THE HOH RESERVATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY AN EXECUTIVE ORDER. THEY LIVE O 443 ACRES RESERVATION. AT FOSSIL CREEK THERE IS AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE MADE OF REMNANTS AND TOOLS FROM MAKING A PARTIALLY FINISHED CANOE. MANY HOH PLACE NAMES DON'T SEEM TO MEAN ANYTHING. ONE MAN'S SPRING HAD FEDERAL CREEK RUNS INTO THE HIGHWAY. THIS CREEK IS WHERE THE FISH HATCHERY IS. THE OLD PEOPLE CONDUCTED RITUALS.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
I AM AN ARTIST
I LOVED ART IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND LEARNED HOW TO SEW MY OWN CLOTHES AT A YWCA SUMMER CAMP. I LEARNED HOW TO KNIT AND CROCHET AT A YARN DEPARTMENT IN A BIG STORE IN DAYTON. I KNITTED MY DOLL CLOTHES. I HAVE MADE MY OWN MOCCASINS, SKI CLOTHES, WINTER JACKET, QUILTED VEST, A DULCIMER, ROCK ART, STONE SCULPTURE, SILVER JEWELRY CRAFTS, WOVE A SCARF WITH A LOOM, AND CROCHETED SOME SANDALS WITH RAFIA, AND POTTERY AND CLAY SCULPTURE, AS WELL AS DRAPERIES. TODAY I AM RELEARNING H0OW TO CROSS STITCH. IT IS A TECHNICAL CRAFT THAT REQUIRES PATIENCE IN ORDER TO STITCH WITH COTTON AND WOOL EMBROIDERY FLOSS. THE RESULT IS PICTURES THAT LOOK LIKE PAINTINGS. IT IS SIMILAR TO CHINESE EMBROIDERED PICTURES, HOWEVER THEY USE MACHINES TO EMBROIDER THEIR PICTURES, HOWEVER THEY USE MACHINES TO EMBROIDER THEIR PICTURES TODAY. I HAVE MADE HUNDREDS OF ROCK ART REPLICAS OF NATIVES AND PICTOGRAPHS THAT LOOK SIMILAR TO PREHISTORIC PAINTINGS IN THE SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN U.S. I HAVE STUDIED THE INTERPRETATION OF ROCK ART IN GRADUATE SCHOOL. I PLAN TO SELL THESE PIECES. I HAVE NOT SOLD ANY OF MY OTHER ART. IN UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE LEARNED HOW TO PAINT WITH OILS AND ACRYLICS, AND MADE POTTERY AND CLAY SCULPTURES AS WELL AS ROCK.
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