I acknowledge that I live on Clackamas/Chinook land.
A band that met Lewis & Clark, and were later decimated and pushed to a reservation far from their ancestral land. The survivors became part of
The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. https://www.grandronde.org/
The Willamette Meteorite is a venerated object, stolen and taken East.
The Willamette Meteorite is a venerated object, stolen and taken East.
I grew up on Multnomah and Clackamas Chinook land. I grew up in a time of "progressive" education. I learned only the most basic information about these people in school. Lies such as "willingly ceded their land by treaty." Lies such as "chose to 'westernize'."
The tribes of the Pacific Northwest nearly lost their languages, some are already lost. But some are actively working to keep the regional trading language Chinuk Wawa alive: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/bringing-a-tribal-language-back-to-life/283-6846b9d9-409a-495d-a298-9babfe4bc11a