6-23-26 Warm Springs Museum and moving to Deschutes National Forest

 Today I woke up a little later than I wanted to, I wanted to wake up earlier than we needed to just so I could go enjoy the water before we left but we needed to pack up get ready and take soil samples before we left, so we all woke up about 6:30 ish, I got up to change and start packing but I did a little of packing then I went out to get the stuff out for breakfast and to make lunches. After I got some of my stuff together and set everything on the table I packed the last of everything and we tried to eat breakfast but then we got hurried to make lunches so we could go sample, and we did get everything together and went to sample a little down the path where we wanted to swim at. We got everything done at about 8am, then we finished packing things onto the truck and we got onto the cars and headed out for the gas station one more time before we left.

We got to the station and we waited but Jessica headed out for Hood River where we would be gassing up and heading to Warm Springs for the museum. After what feels like forever we made it to the museum, we met Louie Pitt and Jolene, we also met Alysia Aguliar and Elke Littleleaf. We sat for a while to listen to Louie talk about how he was drafted by the council to do fisheries so that’s where he started, he also talked about how he has been on the wagon for about 45 years. He mentioned that in the Constitution had this paragraph that stated that African-Americans were only considered 1/3 of a person I believe, and that Natives weren’t even considered human. Then he said that he was actually on the tv that we were next to and he even found himself as we started talking to Alysia and Elke, these two talked about how they are doing their own guide fly fishing and that they didn’t start with any certifications they kind of just started to do it themselves. They said they have been doing it for 15 years and they talked about what tribes they both personally were but I didn’t get either of their full tribes so I don’t know that I’ll mention it since I would be risking getting them wrong. They both said that they were passionate about nature and preserving it for the oncoming generations, they mentioned that there are many plants that are invasive and how they’re getting to our roots and our salmon. They mentioned that they were happy to hear that we were all going into something that will help the cause later on in our lives and we would be helping the future generations.

After all of the talking we all went and had lunch until the museum opened again then we took our own little personal tours of the museum. I liked that there were a lot of representation for those who know the language and the traditions, because I have heard way to many people talk about how were losing our languages and some traditions especially with the foods and how they’re being affected by climate change. It was kind of refreshing to know that there are people trying to make a difference before it’s to late, and that they’re willing to train us the next generation so we can pass it on and protect the blue dot like Louie said. After the museum we took a very long drive to our campsite at Crane Prairie campgrounds, it is right next to a reservoir and it has some very beautiful views in the morning and at golden hour before the sun sets. Me, Sergio, Lovey, Gavin and Phabian stayed up a little late to hang out and I can safely say we have some inside jokes now, like we’ve heard so many times before laughter is medicine in itself. I hope you are staying hydrated and enjoying my pictures.

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