The Skokomish Tribe of Washington is reclaiming ancestral lands as part of a settlement with Tacoma Power.

The tribe received cash and land in exchange for dropping a billion-dollar claim against two dams. Deeds for the properties haven't been transferred yet but the tribe is already restoring its traditional names to the places.

"By reclaiming and reannouncing these names, we are reclaiming our right to our breath and to tell our history," spiritual leader Delbert Miller said at a ceremony yesterday, The Seattle Times reported. It's [with] a combination of joy and even hope, and sadness that it had to be necessary."

Camp Cushman is now known as Place Where Songs Come From; Saltwater Park on Hood Canal is the Place of Herring; and Nalley Farm is known as Mouth and Flats of the River.

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Skokomish Tribe reclaims its land, breath (The Seattle Times 7/30)

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