The event was quite moving and powerful. My old friend Marilyn James, who i worked with on Big Mountain in the mit to late 80's, is a key figure in the stand for this ancient sacred land in an area where the Canadian government declared the Sinixt extinct in 1956. While i was assisting Marilyn in cutting up venison for the sacred stew she prepared, the first Sinixt baby was born on Sinixt land since they were forced to remain in the states while engaged in their customary slamon harvest around Kettle Falls.
The Barter Faire included Hippies and Indians. The trading, traditional and folk music, (my son performed his stellar reggae), food and sharing was truly magical. But then those of us who live on the land, grow our own food, do all we can to live simply are not visibile to most. I believe all could benefit from ancient, endangered knowledge as well as from those who continue being back to the landers after all these years.
In peaceful struggle, swaneagle
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