Melissa Teoh

Melissa Teoh

Explore Government Cove

07/27/20

This land is owned by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Tribe. I've been visiting the island for many years, and when I visited this Sunday... I found that the metal gate was wrenched open and people were driving into the island. If the gate has been clearly tapered with, one should not drive through just because the gate is now "open." The Warm Springs have been hit very hard by COVID, to make matters worse they are experiencing issues accessing clean water... as such their primary concern is not going to be replacing the damaged gate. Therefore, please respect the intent of the gate, to keep cars out of the interior of the island... use your legs folks it's not that far. Please be respectful of the island, it is not yours and it is not mine it is land that belongs to the Watlala (Cascade) People, Upper Chinook people that were removed and split between the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Reservation and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation in 1856 and 1860. Educate yourselves: https://ndnhistoryresearch.com/2017/05/02/cascade-watlala-removal-in-april-1856/ Also if you want to donate to support the Warm Springs Tribe Water Crisis: https://www.mrgfoundation.org/the-chuush-fund-2/ Please make corrections to this if something I wrote is inaccurate - I am a non-native POC, and by no means claim to be an expert.

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