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David P Craig
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In a few years, we expect to have a table made from the original old oak. Someday, 70 years from now, we hope the youngest among us will share today with youngsters on February 14, 2095.
February 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
All gathered agreed planting an oak for future generations felt good in these uncertain times, animated with discouraging news. We took pics & videos & promised to gather in better weather to share food & more conversation.
February 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The “Let’s Start a Revolution” Valentine's is from Steph’s IG, which we sent from Today to The Future. This is Kalapuyan Land is from @fiveoaksmuseum by Steph & David Gene Lewis.
February 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Taking time to include art & replanting a new oak in the root zone of an ancestor oak is an acknowledgment of ideas about land & people in this place for time immemorial. Hattie is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde & a researcher @Willamette U.
February 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
In a conversation with Hattie Mercier, a descendant of the Kalapuya families of the Willamette Valley, they shared an appreciation for marking today with current & past art of Steph Littlebird as part of demonstrating the ongoing relationship between Indigenous people & their ancestral land.
February 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
A couple of City of Salem urban foresters & neighbors finished the in-person gathering, & a student was face-timed to add a Tribal perspective. Feb 14, 1859 is Oregon’s birthday or the day the USA officially took this place from the Kalapuya people.
February 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Taking time to include art & replanting a new oak in the root zone of an ancestor oak is an acknowledgment of ideas about land & people in this place for time immemorial. Hattie is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde & a researcher @Willamette U.
February 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
In a conversation with Hattie Mercier, a descendant of the Kalapuya families of the Willamette Valley, they shared an appreciation for marking today with current & past art of Steph Littlebird as part of demonstrating the ongoing relationship between Indigenous people & their ancestral land.
February 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
At the planting were 3 generations of Deumlings, the descendants of Joseph Smith, the builder of the original house. There were also 3 generations of the Toskovic family, the property's current owners. Our youngest person was less than 9 & the oldest more than 70.
February 15, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A couple of City of Salem urban foresters & neighbors finished the in-person gathering, & a student was face-timed to add a Tribal perspective. Feb 14, 1859 is Oregon’s birthday or the day the USA officially took this place from the Kalapuya people.
February 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
This is an update of the story by the Salem Reporter “Potential removal of Salem white oak raises community support & sheds light on historic house” & a Zena Forest Products blog “Creating a New Chapter for a Majestic Old Oak from Salem & the Deumling Family’s Historic Connection.”
February 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM