Native Names

Tsalxhaan – At the Northern border of Cascadia

October 30, 2019 cascadiabrandon First Nation, Native Names

In a continuation of our Native Placenames series we present Tsalxhaan. This mountain at the norther boundry of the Cascadian bioregion between Alaska and British Columbia represents one of the most dramatic peak faces in the world as it raises to 5,325 feet (4671 meters) a mere 13 miles (20…...

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Native Place Names – Loowit (Mt. St. Helens)

June 15, 2019 cascadiabrandon Chinook Wawa, Department News, News

For our fourth Native Place Name poster we feature Loowit, located just 50 miles Northeast of Portland and otherwise known as Mt. St. Helens....

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Native Names – Kulshan (Mt. Baker)

May 15, 2019 cascadiabrandon Bioregionalism, Case Studies

Third in a series of posts celebrating the Native Names of Cascade peaks, this post feature Kulshan or Mount Baker and features a poster of this the youngest of the volcanos in the range. ...

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Native Place Names – From Tahoma to Rainier and back.

April 14, 2019 cascadiabrandon First Nation

Across much of Washington State the exclamation “The Mountain is out!” turns heads and unites hearts around our mutual love for Tahoma (Mount Rainier) and the beauty of the Pacific Northwest. This blog post explores the provenance of the names applied to the tallest of Cascade peaks. ...

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Native Place Names – How Wy’East (Mount Hood) came to be.

March 26, 2019 cascadiabrandon First Nation

The native names for the mountains of the Cascade Range tell an engaging story, where the volcanoes becomes a community of dynamic and interconnected characters as they feature in myths and legends explaining how the land was formed and the millennia long relationship people have had with it. This article…...

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