One Home: Protecting our Land to Protect our Future

Cerina L. Sanchez

Yakima Nation/San Felipe Pueblo

Fig.1 San Felipe Pueblo. (n.d.). https://sfpueblo.com/

Fig.2 Yakama Nationhttp://sfis.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://online-infobase-com.sfis.idm.oclc.org/Auth/Index?aid=18626&itemid=WE43&iid=202500

Identity

"Sharing One Skin"

Okanagan Community Jeannette Armstrong

Jeannette Armstrong wrote the article "Sharing One Skin: the Okanagan Community." Armstrong explains throughout the article about what a community is and why it is so important. To her a community is a group of people that share similar attributes and that connect emotionally. She explains these communities are important to our well-being because without it we aren't human. Ourselves would be lost and we would have no place without family or community.

Fig 3. Sanchez, Cerina "cloudy sunset"2023

Fig 4. Sanchez, Cerina "feet pic"2023

"And then I went to school"

Joe Suina

Joe Suina writes in his story "And then I went to school" about his experience with boarding school. Joe Suina lived a simple life with his grandmother. He would help her with tasks such as chopping wood and getting water. His grandmother taught him the traditional ways, Joe Suina was proud to be who he was and he was grateful. Everything changed though when he went to school. He was told the way he was taught was wrong and if he practiced what he was taught, at school he would be punished. Being a young child Joe was confused and conflicted on what was right and wrong. Though he knew that he was happier at home with his community.

Fig 5. Sanchez, Cerina "sunshine" 2023

"How place names impact the way we see landscape"

B. Toastie

In "How place names impact the way we see landscape" by B. Toastie explains that the names are given to places affect the way we think about and connect to the land. Our Indigenous place names often carry deep meaning, usually telling a story about the land and respecting it. Though while many colonial names honor the settlers. When we change or erase these Indigenous names it doesnt just remove the names it removes the stories and it weakens the connection people have to the land. Toastie suggests that brining these names back and respecting them can help communties. By not only remembering their history but also healing from the trauma that has occured.

History

Current State of the Issue

Protect Pushpum

Pushpum also known as "mother of all roots" is a sacred mountain located south of Goldendale, Washington. This is a vital place for traditional ceremonies, legends, and gathering of tradtional roots. Currently Pushpum is at risk of being destroyed by Rye Development a company that claims they have found a way to provide "clean energy". They have proposed building a large scale pumped storage energy project. This

Unfortuantely there is a energy project risking the destroyment of Pushpum. Rye Development a pumped storage energy company that claims they have found a way to provide "clean energy".

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