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Comment on Who We Are by The Sacrifices We Make, The Sacrifices They Don’t | The Winnemem Wintu's Puberty Ceremony

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:28:51 +0000

[...] are the people who have lived here since our creation; the Forest Service has only managed this land for a few decades. Their attitude needs to change: [...]

Comment on Shasta Dam Raise by The Sacrifices We Make, The Sacrifices They Don’t | The Winnemem Wintu's Puberty Ceremony

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:27:26 +0000

[...] even if we did secure a mandatory closure, we would still be making concessions: water releases from the Shasta Dam often submerge the dance grounds as well as Puberty and Children’s Rocks through the spring. [...]

Comment on Who We Are by The Sacrifices We Make, The Sacrifices They Don’t Make | The Winnemem Wintu's Puberty Ceremony

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:25:05 +0000

[...] are the people who have lived here since our creation; the Forest Service has only managed this land for a few decades. Their attitude needs to change: [...]

Comment on Shasta Dam Raise by The Sacrifices We Make, The Sacrifices They Don’t Make | The Winnemem Wintu's Puberty Ceremony

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:22:25 +0000

Comment on Shasta Dam Raise by One Year Later and Still No Protection for Our Young Tribal Women | The Winnemem Wintu's Puberty Ceremony

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:58:18 +0000

[...] This year’s celebrant is Marisa, who’s training to be the Winnemem’s next leader. Any significant disruption to the ceremony could not only affect Marisa’s future but also that of the Tribe, which face many challenges, including a proposal to raise the Shasta Dam. [...]

Comment on Salmon Return by Day 48-50 updates + photos: Bay Trail meets with Protect Glen Cove Committee, Spiritual Gathering to take place Saturday « ndn media

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 01:41:47 +0000

[...] Wintu tribe, visited Sogorea Te Wednesday and spoke in a group circle about her people’s work of bringing the Salmon back to their traditional territory on the McCloud River. She explained that the salmon are an indicator [...]

Comment on Shasta Dam Raise by Eugene filmmaker chronicles transpacific bond between two tribes, their efforts to sustain sacred fish near dams | MyEugene

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:05:42 +0000

[...] Bureau of Reclamation is currently investigating the feasibility of raising the Shasta Dam an additional 18-feet, which would flood another 9 miles of the McCloud. On the upper river, a PGE hydroelectric project [...]