Note the grove of firs in the background here, between the Sinlahekin and Okanogan valleys (well, stories) of Washington. If you walk one way, they are the bristly children a toad is carrying […]
How to Find a Story on the Columbia Plateau
Too Many Horses
The Yakama people have been living with horses for hundreds of years. In all that time, horses living wild on their land have been a part of their wealth. When settler culture […]
Heart
Here’s the heart of the Columbia Plateau. It’s the heart of all the people. Palouse Falls, This Afternoon Let me put that another way. If you live on the plateau, this is […]
Ponderosa Pine: The Tree at the Heart of a People
There is a tree that determines the home range of a people. This is the North Plateau Ponderosa Pine, known in Latin as pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C. Lawson. Wherever this tree […]
Learning from Birds
Some of the people who live here only come two days a year. Cedar Waxwings Settling in for the Night on Their Way North, Okanagan Landing Without them, it would not be […]
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