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[BRIAN CALLANAN] A tour of the Upper Skagit River

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provides an impressive up close

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look at how Seattle City Light

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generates hydroelectricity.

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But if you look more closely,

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it's a trip back in time.

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[SCOTT SCHUYLER] We can date it back to the last Ice Age

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when our people were moving

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into this area.

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[BRIAN CALLANAN] Scott Schuyler,

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a cultural and natural resources

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policy representative

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for the Upper Skagit Tribe,

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and Andrea Weiser,

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a senior archeologist for Seattle

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City Light,

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are looking at clues

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from a historical mystery

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that surfaced in 2013

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during a renovation of the Gorge

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Inn,  an old City Light mess

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hall in Newhalem.

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[ANDREA WEISER] Archeological consultants were hired

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to go out

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and examine

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the ground where the building work

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was going to be done

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and see if any

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artifacts were in the ground.

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[BRIAN CALLANAN] Mixed in with some

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utensils from the 1920s era structure

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were nearly 400 artifacts

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and animal bones,

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indicating a Native American village

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was once here.

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at the site for literally 10,000 years.

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[BRIAN CALLANAN] City Light

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talked with the Upper Skagit,

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Sauk-Suiattle, and Swinomish tribes

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to try to confirm

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where these animal bones

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and tools came from.

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[SCOTT SCHUYLER]  The speculating

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now, that may have been a point.

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[BRIAN CALLANAN] Basketry or clothing

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that would help

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identify tribal affiliation

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more easily

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had long

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since eroded away to nothing

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in the soggy ground.

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It was only when scientists examined

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this sharpened stone point,

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likely once attached to a dart or spear,

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dating back

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between four and 9000 years ago,

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that a breakthrough happened.

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[ANDREA WEISER] 
We had that particular artifact

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analyzed for protein residue,

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blood residue,

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and they did find that it was goat blood.

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And that was a great result

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because we already knew

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that the name Newhalam

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is actually based off

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of a native language name, Daʷáylib,

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which was the village that was located

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in that area.

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[BRIAN CALLANAN] 
That villages name, meaning goat snare,

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finally tied

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the origin of the artifacts

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to the upper Skagit Tribe,

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who hunted goats

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for meat and wool clothing.

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But that's just the start of the story.

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[SARA NELSON] This legislation transfers the ownership

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and curation to the Upper Skagit tribe.

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[BRIAN CALLANAN] In March, the City of Seattle authorized

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returning the artifacts

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to the Upper Skagit tribe.

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The city is paying to have them stored

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at this curation facility

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at the North Cascades

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National Park Ranger

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Station in Marble Mount.

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[ANDREA WEISER] 
It's the right thing to do.

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I mean, that's really what it comes

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down to.

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[BRIAN CALLANAN]
State law says the owner of the land

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where artifacts are found

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is the owner of the artifacts, too.

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But after a decade of research,

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the city wanted to set

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the record straight.

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[ANDREA WEISER] 
To me, that's what's important about it.

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It's it's

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a correcting inequity in the ownership

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of the artifacts.

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[BRIAN CALLANAN]
That correction

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means a chance

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for connection

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for the Upper Skagit Tribe,

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which plans to bring younger members

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of the tribe to Marble Mount

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to see their family history.

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[SCOTT SCHUYLER] It's important

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that we lay a foundation

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to preserve, protect

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and enhance our culture,

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where we can ensure

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that they have the opportunities

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for learning

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and to partake

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in this culture

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that has extended

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for the last 10,000 years

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in the Skagit Valley.

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[SCOTT SCHUYLER] Disturbing of our ancestral

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sites is always bad

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and we prefer not

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to have that occur, of course.

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But in this particular case,

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you know, one of the great positives

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is the fact

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that we do have access to this.

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[BRIAN CALLANAN] 
Preserving the rich cultural history

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of the Upper Skagit River

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is something that local tribes

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and Seattle

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City Light

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will be working on together

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for many years to come.

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But they say they need your help too.

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[ANDREA WEISER] 
People get really fascinated by items

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that represent history,

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but just picking things up

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and taking them

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home is not the right thing to do.

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[BRIAN CALLANAN]
It's also a violation of state law.

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But thankfully,

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this message is already hitting home

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as news of the Newhalem

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discovery spreads.

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This stone fish club

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was returned to the tribe

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a few months ago.

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[SCOTT SCHUYLER] And so people have been

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returning artifacts to us

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since the first story came out.

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So that's been a great positive thing.

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[BRIAN CALLANAN]
These are sacred lands for

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the upper Skagit people,

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central to their religious beliefs

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and origin stories.

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The tribe calls this an entry

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to the Valley of the Spirits,

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spirits that Scott

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Schuyler says

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have to be pleased

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with a reunion that's long overdue.

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[SCOTT SCHUYLER] 
It's a good day for the Upper

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Skagit people and our ancestors.

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