Snoqualmie Falls in Washington is a place of healing and transformation for the Snoqualmie Tribe and other tribes in the Northwest. Photo by Meher Anand Kasam / Wikipedia
The Snoqualmie Tribe of Washington continues to rally opposition to a transportation project that affects the sacred Snoqualmie Falls. The Tokul Road roundabout was designed to ease traffic at the Snoqualmie Falls, which sees two million visitors a year, The Snoqualmie Star reported. But the tribe believes the project will destroy a burial site and harm a place known for its healing qualities. “We were opposed to it from the beginning,” council member Lois Sweet Dorman told the paper. The tribe set up a new website, Save Snoqualmie Falls, and has hosted events to rally opposition to the project. In the past, though, tribal leaders have acknowledged they can't stop the work. The Muckleshoot Tribe is helping to fund the project. The tribe purchased the nearby Salish Lodge and Spa for $62.5 million in 2007. The Snoqualmies do not agree with the Muckleshoots' efforts to develop the area, Sweet Dorman said. Get the Story:
Tribe, city square off over roundabout (The Snoqualmie Valley Star 9/16)
Roundabout work under way, over protests (The Snoqualmie Valley Record 9/15)
Hundreds rally in support of protecting sacred tribal lands (The Snoqualmie Valley Star 9/10)
Snoqualmie Tribe rallies to 'Save Falls' (KING 5 News 9/2)
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