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#Siletz Celebrate Historic #LandBack Deal

Tribe’s focus will be #restoration, #preservation and #cultural uses like #FirstFoods for the 2,000-acre site at the base of #TableRocks in Southern #Oregon.

by Nika Bartoo-Smith, Underscore + ICT January 17, 2025

"The property was purchased directly from the previous landowner. The #NatureConservancy preserves a #ConservationEasement on the land. The Siletz will continue to work closely with The Nature Conservancy and the BLM across the properties in the region to emphasize conservation and restoration.

Expanding access to first foods

"Moving forward, the tribe’s goal is to create opportunities for Siletz tribal members to access the historically significant land while safeguarding its character. The nation plans to work on preservation and restoration, focusing on protecting the natural area rather than developing it.

“'There will be big opportunities for restoration and enhancement of the food plants themselves,' [Robert] Kentta said. '[And] also enhancing tribal members’ access to use of and reconnection with those resources that we’ve been separated from.'

"Kentta mentioned some important first foods of the region that he hopes will become a focus at the property, including #camas, #tarweed and #yampah root. The land will also be used for other cultural purposes.

"Chairman Pigsley spoke of her hope that future generations of Siletz people will be able to go up to the rocks, hearing important stories and learning about the plant and animal relatives all around."

Read more:
https://www.underscore.news/land/siletz-celebrate-historic-land-back-deal/
#SolarPunkSunday #Rewilding #Restoring #Nature #NativeAmericanNews #RogueRiverTribe #ConferatedTribesOfSiletz

Last week, I posted about camas, probably my favorite Oregon wildflower. But I posted a pretty mediocre, blurry phone picture of the first few I saw blooming.

Phone photos are great - the best camera is the one you have with you - but today being Sunday, I wanted to take my time and get some better shots. Such a beautiful, useful, culturally important Indigenous plant deserves a more patient approach.

#wildflowers #Oregon #PNW #FirstFoods

The special thing, to me, about spring in western Oregon isn't just the abundance. It's the variety and the rate of change. Every week for about three months, a new species of wildflower pops up and dominates the meadows.

This is one of my favorites, camas, which is just now starting to bloom here. Not only a gorgeous flower, but the root is an important first food for local Indigenous people.

#Corvallis #Oregon #PNW #wildflowers #FirstFoods

It's been almost a decade since the removal of dams that blocked salmon migration on Washington state's Elwha River. Salmon populations have now recovered enough that members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe are this month enjoying their first traditional fishery since removal.

#salmon #fisheries #FirstFoods #NativeAmericans #LowerElwhaKlallamTribe #ElwhaRiver #DamRemoval #WashingtonState

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-tribe-coho-salmon-free-flowing-elwha.html

This Saturday is Earth Day, and there is no shortage of ways to celebrate and contribute this year in and around Corvallis, Oregon. Help restore a meadow of Indigenous first foods, clear invasive trees, take down old fences, or join a nature parade. And afterward, let's all get together to raise a glass at the after party.

#EarthDay #Corvallis #Oregon #PNW #OregonStateUniversity #FirstFoods

https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2023/corvallis-science-nature-your-guide-to-earth-day-in-corvallis/