Carol Logan, a member of the Confederate tribes of Grand Ronde, Wilbur Slockish, hereditary leader of the Confederate tribes and bands of the Yakama Nation, and Johnny Jackson, hereditary leader of the Cascade tribe on Enola Hill, a native American sacred in the mountains. near Mount Hood.
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Tribal elders Wilbur Slockish and Carol Logan say a forest near U. S. Highway 26 is not the case. In the U. S. , Mount Hood looked like a church without walls.
Tribal alumni, from left to right: Wilbur Slockish, Carol Logan and Johnny Jackson, right. Jackson, plaintiff in a 2008 lawsuit against the U. S. Department of Transportation. U. S. Department of Homeland Security for damage to a sacred site along U. S. Route 26. He passed away in 2020.
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In court documents filed this month, tribal members say they informed state and federal transportation officials about the site’s devout price before the agencies began building a left-turn lane about 21 miles from the government camp.
The expansion of the road was carried out anyway, cutting trees and a stone altar, and covering the burial sites with a giant embankment. The U. S. Department of Transportation, the Bureau of Land Management and the Oregon Department of Transportation said the turn lane is mandatory protection after nearby traffic accidents, one of which is fatal.