#Chinook

[pnwnativeplants]

"A federal district court recently ruled that a large portion of Electron Dam must be removed from the Puyallup River in Washington because the dam harms fish protected under the Endangered Species Act.

Electron Dam has been harming Chinook salmon, steelhead, and trout for nearly 100 years. In 2020, the company that operates the dam tried to replace a spillway and botched the job, creating more hazards for the fish. Earthjustice went to court to press for the new segment’s removal on behalf of the Puyallup Tribe. Salmon and other native fish play a critical role in the Tribe’s culture and economy. With this part of the dam gone, the river will flow naturally for the first time in almost a century."

[rebeccathenaturalist]

For those following the Chinook Indian Nation's work toward regaining federal recognition, this is an important endorsement. I posted a while back about a petition for the state of Washington to give the now-closed Naselle Youth Camp to the Chinook. The NYC is on unceded Chinook land, and specifically the portion of land the Chinook asked to retain almost two centuries ago as part of an unfulfilled treaty with the U.S. government.

A state task force formed to determine the fate of the NYC has officially recommended the NYC be given to the Chinook Indian Nation. Not only would this put the facility into the hands of people who will make excellent use of it, but the Chinook have also stated their intention to restore the on-site wastewater treatment facility and salmon hatchery. The former would additionally be a boon to the entirety of Pacific County, which currently ships its wastewater all the way to Centralia, WA, over 100 miles away from southern portions of the county.

If the NYC is indeed given to the Chinook, this will be an important statement that can be used to pressure the U.S. government to restore their federal recognition. To find out ways you can help the Chinook in this effort, please visit ChinookJustice.org.

[planesawesome]

[usafphantom2]

@MAC_VSOG via X

[67-romeo]

[lockheed-martin-unofficial]

You don’t understand how much I need Fire Heli Ratchet. Specifically I need him to be a Chinook or Firehawk. Look at them.

[supplyside]

heavy lift

[thatsrightice]

Me: *hears muffled generic airplane noises*

Me: * thinks it’s a Cessna or something but looking out my window anyway*

Me: oh

Me: that’s a Chinook

Me: …huh

[chemicallywrit]

Happy Audio Drama Sundayyyyyy this week is going to be so so busy. Oh man. I might not post next week. I'm moving. We'll see. Pray for me while I'm moving. At least there's audio dramaaaaaa

🦀 The Silt Verses has ended and I don't think it could have ended any other way. I'm sad for Carpenter, for Hayward, even Faulkner, and I'm so proud of Paige, and I think about how this entire story is about the uselessness of fighting gods and how you have to try anyway, because when you don't, terrible things happen. The character arcs complete, I have to say that this story showed me what podcasts are capable of as a storytelling medium. There's nothing like the Silt Verses. Not yet, anyway.

👁️ @hellofromthehallowoods has answered my prayers because MORT. MORT IS ALIVE (FOR A GIVEN VALUE OF ALIVE). I'm so glad Hope is not alone. She's just little! I'm also entranced by this appearance of the real murderer. Whose voice is that?

⛪️ This week I started Chinook, a thriller drama about a Christian cult in a small town and a mystery that's got its claws buried deep in a community. Like all Realm originals, it's well acted and beautifully sound designed, and this one especially is fascinating and well written. If you're looking for something a little less fantasy and a little more uh oh, is that really a cult, I can't recommend Chinook enough, especially now, as the mystery is picking up.

🦉 I love Malevolent for a lot of reasons, and there's a lot I could say about this episode, but I'm just going to give a shoutout to, “Owls don’t eat people, boys.”

👶 Travelling Light made me cryyyyyyyy, this community support with an experienced mother lullaby-ing a crying lil baby...it was so simple and beautiful, and the lullaby was hilarious. I'm also interested in our traveller's disagreement with their special friend on the Tola. It's a common little miscommunication, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it develops as the Traveller tries to fix what they've broken.

That's all for me this week. Back to the boxes.

[hyydraworks]

Inktober Day 23

Todays is a watercolor of one of our sweet pups, General Kael on a rainy day walk to one of his favorite spots.

[seabeck]

What a wonderful day! This was the smaller chinook I caught but it was hooked good and fresher so I kept her. Her flesh looks great, half is going to my dad for pet sitting and the rest will come home with me. My arms are sore! Salmon can really fight.

[nocternalrandomness]

Chinook flown by the RAF descending into EGOV

[rebeccathenaturalist]

This is a big deal. No, $48,692.05 is in no way, shape or form a fair price for the many thousands of acres of traditional Chinook land that were never ceded but were taken by settlers anyway. However, the fact that this funding from the 1970 Indian Claims Commission settlement is being released to the tribe is the strongest move toward regaining recognition in years.

As a bit of background, the Chinook Indian Nation are some of the descendants of many indigenous communities who have lived in the Columbia-Pacific region and along the Columbia to the modern-day Dalles since time immemorial. They saw the arrival of the Lewis & Clark party to the Pacific Ocean in 1805, but shortly thereafter were devastated by waves of diseases like malaria and smallpox. The survivors signed a treaty to give up most of their land in 1851, but it was never ratified by the United States government. While some Chinookan people are currently part of federally recognized tribes such as the Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Reservation, the Chinook Indian Nation--comprised of the Lower Chinook, Clatsop, Cathlamet, Willapa, and Wahkiakum--have remained largely unrecognized.

That changed briefly in 2001. On January 3 of that year, the Department of the Interior under the Clinton administration formally recognized the Chinook Indian Nation. In July 2002, the Bush administration revoked the federal recognition after complaints from the Quinault Indian Nation, as the Chinook would have had access to certain areas of what is now the Quinault reservation. This meant that the Chinook, once again, were denied funding and other resources given to federally recognized tribes, to include crucial healthcare funding during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Chinook Indian Nation has been fighting legal battles to regain federal recognition ever since the revocation. The funding released to them in this month's court decision doesn't make them federally recognized, but it is a show of legitimacy in a tangled, opaque system that indigenous people across the United States have had to contend with for many decades. Here's hoping this is a crack in the wall keeping the Chinook from recognition, and that they get more good news soon.

[superinjun]

Wabutt - Double Walled Basket

Karen Reed (Chinook, Skokomish, Puyallup)

red cedar bark, yellow cedar, red cedar, sweetgrass, flax dye from new zealand. 8” x 11” x 11”

[ghostwarriorrrr]

Two ways Chinook helicopters can transport Humvee vehicles

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