Letter | Clearing up some confusion

Published 11:57 am Friday, September 11, 2015

There’s confusion about the word “origin”. The Snoqualmie’s origin is at the base of Mount Si; the tree they climbed down was removed by Weyerhaueser in the 1960s.

The roundabout probably is the site of their first settlement. They are not a Beaker People, and they are not Iron Age. They are a basket people. Their clothing, hats, fishing nets, to name a few, are made from the roots of cedar trees. Look at the old pictures of Celilo Falls. Are they using metal hooks or spears? No, they’re using nets or sharpened poles.

Ergo, finding archeological artifacts at the site is impossible. Snoqualmie is completing what was started over 400 years ago: Genocide, cultural, physical, spiritual.

Sheila Hunter

Snoqualmie