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Heritage Isn’t Disposable
In Clallam County, traditions that arrived only recently are increasingly treated as sacred heritage, while many places, symbols, and experiences that defined this community for generations are vanishing. Heritage can be created, adopted, celebrated, and even marketed—but it can also be erased. The question worth asking is simple: when everything becomes heritage, whose heritage survives?
“The totems are cultural symbols telling various stories,” Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe CEO Ron Allen told Salish Current in 2024. They’re an “art that captures our identity and history.”
Totem poles are…
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