Redmond Rain . . . forms a creek . . . brings community.
Here you will find a monument to the ancestors who lived at this confluence of Bear Creek and the Sammamish River.
FTF: DM&K Cachers
House Post
This artwork commemorates a unique 12,000 year old archaeological site that was discovered during the 2008 restoration of Bear Creek.
The values and history of a people, village, house, or family have been traditionally displayed by Pacific Northwest Salish peoples using house posts. It is with this in mind, and in honoring this long-held practice, that the artists present the contemporary interpretation of a traditional house post, noting, demarking, and honoring the people and village that held this current location for thousands of years and hundreds of generations. Inherent in this representation and carved of a single cedar log, this pole honors the ancestors and people on high. This aligns with the method to memorialize and the traditional burial rights reserved for Northwest Salish Tribal peoples most honored and highborn.
"Through recognition of the sustainability and the natural cycles the salmon represents an understanding of how to successfully exist, survive and sustain . . . through all. Through a combination of this imagery and the utilization of the house post, we honor the village site and the people it represents. We remember them and place them on high. We raise our collective hands and raise them up." - The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, who continue to steward these lands and waters as they have since time immemorial. We recognize Washington’s tribal and Indigenous or Native organizations, which actively create, shape, and contribute to our thriving communities.
Multi-Cache
Visit the artwork. There is no need to touch the art as you solve these clues:
- A = How many eyes does each fish on the house post have?
- B = There are six metal brackets on the back. How many bolts per bracket?
- C = How many people are carved on the front of the house post?
- D = How many metal fish are affixed to the house post?
- E = How many canoes are carved into the front of the house post?
- F = How many house posts are at this site?
- U = F
- V = C + D
- W = B
- X = B + E
- Y = A + B + D + E
- Z = B + D
The container is hidden at: N 47° 40.UVW' W 122° 7.XYZ'