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    Posted 3 years ago

    dav2no1
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    "Goats and Shaman Design" Woodcut by Jeanne B. Hillis

    VISIBLE IMAGE: 8" x 19"
    ARTIST: Jeanne B. Hillis(**see comments for link)
    Artwork is titled and signed by the artist

    This woodcut has a some damage near the center goat's mouth. I've started to restore the damage and it's looking better already. There is a envelope taped on the back that has a 1967 mail stamp from the Dalles area. Not sure what significance the sender and receiver have to do with the piece. And the envelope is empty.

    In the early 1950s the Dalles Dam in Oregon was nearing completion. Artist Jeanne B. Hillis was racing to make rubbing of as many of the petroglyphs as she could before the valley was flooded.

    DALLES DAM PROJECT
    In the 1950s, the U.S. government funded the Dalles Dam Project to build hydroelectric capacity for the Northwest and beyond. The project was completed in 1957, but the rising waters behind the dam forever changed a stretch of the river valley separating Washington and Oregon.

    FOREVER CHANGED
    As water began to rise behind The Dalles Dam, the landscape would forever change. The wild stretch of the Columbia River was flooded and submerged salmon-rich Celilo Falls, the Long Narrows below it and hundreds of ancient sacred petroglyphs.

    SACRED LANDS
    The lands had been a gathering place for people from the Warm Springs, Yakama, Umatilla, Nez Perce and other tribes. Some lived there permanently, while thousands more visited seasonally to harvest spawning salmon, to practice their religion and to join the annual opportunity to trade and socialize.

    "The petroglyphs -- drawings that were chipped or ground into rock to depict tribal legends, hunting scenes and mysticism -- are evidence of these gatherings. One narrow slot just above the river had so many thousands of drawings that it was named Petroglyph Canyon."

    ATTEMPT AT SAVING HISTORY
    In an attempt to honor these people and their history,, it was decided to recover as many petroglyphs as they could. In 1996 43 petroglyph-covered rocks were moved to Washington's Columbia Hills State Park, formerly known as Horsethief Lake. The park is also home to Tsagaglalal, "She Who Watches," one of the most famous rock images in North America.

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    Comments

    1. dav2no1 dav2no1, 3 years ago
      **Artist info

      https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20031002&slug=nwwskamania020
    2. RichmondLori RichmondLori, 3 years ago
      Wonderful story and great information. I live near this area, it will be included on one of our day trips (Mom & I). Fascinating.
    3. dav2no1 dav2no1, 3 years ago
      Ohh as your avatar RichmondLori, I always fancied you as a Southern Belle, ha ha! I am in Washington state, so it's about 4ish hours from me.

      I have never been there either, but it is now on my list as well. I'm sure we've drove by there on our way to a drag race in Boise. Beautiful area, but very windy. Especially when your in a 40ft motor home towing a 40ft race trailer with $100k of stuff in it. Not mine, but just as nerve racking none the less..
    4. dav2no1 dav2no1, 3 years ago
      Thanks for the comments.. living in Washington state, I often overlook the beauty of the area. Sometimes we need to just stop and appreciate what we have around us.

      I live less than an hour from Mt. Rainier and try and go there every few years..

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