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The Cascadia DOB is excited to present at this years Bioregional Regeneration Summit: Oct 24-Nov 4th 2022

October 8, 2022 cascadiabrandon Bioregionalism, Department News, Events

It is the time for Bioregional Regeneration! BIOREGIONAL REGENERATION SUMMITOct 24- Nov 4, 2022English & Español Radical Collaboration between people and places.Ways to share resources.Peer to peer exchange of know-how and knowledge.Regeneration of ourselves through a deep and authentic connection with Mother Earth. REGISTER The Cascadia Department of Bioregion will…...

We are excited to host Bread and Puppet: Apocalypse Defiance Circus for their Seattle Performance, Friday October 21st 2022.

October 5, 2022 cascadiabrandon Department News, Events, News

Bread and Puppet is coming to Seattle! Friday, October 21st as part of a rare cross-country tour. Doors at 6pm, show starts at 6:30pm. Pay what you can! Tickets are sliding scale $10-35, all proceeds go to Bread and Puppet to cover their travel and venue expenses....

Seattle Duwamish Indigenous Place Names and Settlements

August 31, 2022 cascadiabrandon Chinook Wawa

On this page is a map of the known permanent village sites (c.1800) of the Coast Salish people who lived--and still live--in the Puget Sound area of Washington State. If you are interested in a particular group or area of the Sound click on the appropriate section of the small…...

Cascadia Day is coming up May 18th! Easy ways to celebrate

May 16, 2022 cascadiabrandon Calls to Action, Department News

Cascadia Day is coming up this Wednesday, May 18th! Below is simple list of ways to celebrate, and more information about the day and week....

David McCloskey releases new Ish River Bioregional Map

May 6, 2022 cascadiabrandon Bioregionalism, Department News, Eco Poetics, Education, Rogue Cartography

David McCloskey, creator of the Cascadia Map, is excited to release his new map of the Ish River country. It is the companion to Cascadia—as a Ecoregion is a room in the house of a larger Bioregion…...

Creating an Atlas of the Salish Sea Bioregion

March 20, 2022 cascadiabrandon Bioregionalism, Department News

The Salish Sea Bioregion encompasses an intricate network of inland marine waterways and their upland watersheds in Washington and British Columbia. In this post, Western Washington University geographer Aquila Flowers shares their idea for a Salish Sea Bioregional Atlas....

YOUR CHINOOK WAWA WORD OF THE DAY: MESACHIE

October 18, 2021 cascadiabrandon Uncategorized

MESACHIE [me-SA’-chi] — adjective Meaning: Bad; bitter; cruel; depravity; dissolute; dung; evil; filthy; grumpy; harm; immodest; immoral; iniquity; insolence; malign; naughty; nasty; obscene; sin; sinner; treacherous; ungodly; unrighteous; unruly; unworthy; vice; vile; wicked. Origin: Chinook, masáchi “Bad”; “wicked” < Chinook masachi “evil”,”nasty”,”malign” (Chinookan languages of Washington and Oregon) “Mesachie” (occasionally…...

YOUR CHINOOK WAWA WORD OF THE DAY: KWASS

October 11, 2021 cascadiabrandon Uncategorized

KWASS [kwas] — Adjective, noun. Meaning: Afraid, Awe; Distrust; Dread; Fear; Fearful; Shy; Tame; Timid Origin: From a Chinookan particle k’wash ‘afraid’ Expressing notions of fear and hesitancy, the word “kwass” lends itself to an adequate description of a “kwass kalakala” (pigeon). Scary movies are designed to “mamook kwass” (scare,…...

YOUR CHINOOK WAWA WORD OF THE DAY: TAMAHNOUS

October 4, 2021 cascadiabrandon Uncategorized

TAMAHNOUS [ta-MAH’-no-us] or [tam-án-a-was] or [tamá-nawas] or [tah-MAH’-na-wis] — noun, verb, adjective Meaning: Spirit; Guardian spirit; Personal Spirit; Ghost; Goblin; Witch; Magic; Luck; Fortune; Slight of hand; One’s particular forte, specialty, or strength Origin: Several possible, perhaps convergent etymologies: Chinook, itamánawas ‘guardian or familiar spirit; magic, luck, fortune; anything supernatural’…...

Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Salal

August 2, 2021 cascadiabrandon Uncategorized

SALAL [SAL’-AL] — noun. Meaning: The salal shrub or its berries.The salal berry; fruit of Gualtheria shallon. Origin: Chinook klkwushala ‘salal berries’. Sometimes called ‘sallal’ or ‘shallon’, the salal (Gaultheria shallon) is an evergreen shrub, restricted mainly to the Cascadian coastline which possess clustered dark-purple berrylike fruit about the size…...

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