Case file · Sacred site

Snoqualmie Falls

The Snoqualmie Tribe regards the falls as the place where the first woman and man were created and where prayers rise with the mist; a hydroelectric plant was cut into the rock in 1898.

1898 CE · 47.54, -121.84 · status: official

The account

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a traditional cultural property in 2009. In 2019 the tribe bought land around the falls.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Snoqualmie Falls
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