Yesterday, I introduced you to the tragedy of Narcissa Whitman. Her story, as my next post will how, remains relevant today, not the least because how she suffered as a woman in […]
The Oregon Trail Redux: a Canadian Version
60 Waillatpu 1: Marcus and Narcissa Whitman’s Big Mistake
Imagine if you could ride a horse out of your country and arrive in Heaven. Hillsideon the Kooskooskie River The land is written with stories, in stone, water and animals, across some […]
Nature is Dying, But We Can Fix That
Yes we can. Here is a picture of 200 years of history. This is not a picture of nature. That’s the strangest thing. The lake is managed, not for its own needs […]
Need Water? Make Some. Need Land? Make Some of That, Too.
Just, like, you know, find a cliff and get rooted. This is an old railway cut, but a road cut will do fine. For this approach, it’s good to be below a […]
Kicking the Colour Drug
The Earth is a spiritual place. I mean, it’s an energy. This energy draws matter to it. It takes shape. The Earth is a shape of this kind. All things on Earth […]
Happy New Year!
It is the year to become sagebrush! Let us have an end to fences this time around! Blessings, all you Cascadians out there!
After Christmas, Blessings
When we are finally a people of the land, we will know how to speak and what words to use. Until then, let’s celebrate those who live this life already. The ones […]
57. The Pacific Northwest War Today
So, let’s add something important to the history of Cascadia, the bioregion known in humanist tradition as The Pacific Northwest. This stuff: The Central Cascadian Coast, with Fires from its Fire Forests […]
56. Missionary Failures in the Pacific Northwest
I have been following the story of the development of the Pacific Northwest as a local story. That’s to say, one that includes all of the region’s people. It’s who we are […]
55. Pierre’s Hole 7: A Slave Culture Evolves
In this final visit to Pierre’s Hole, I hope to show how Sioux (and later Blackfoot) attempts to keep Europeans out of the Pacific Northwest through diplomatic slavery became over time an […]
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