get out!
Be a part of the Peace Hike
Walkers will have the chance to start
the New Year off on the right foot on
Wednesday, Jan. 1, by joining the 10th
Annual Yachats New Year’s Day Peace
Hike.
The trail is dedicated to the memory of
Amanda, a blind woman of the Coos Tribe
who was forced to leave her young daughter
and march barefoot through rocky terrain
to the Alsea Sub-agency internment camp
in Yachats in 1864.
Completed in July 2009, the trail has
helped reveal the truth about the treatment
suffered by the Alsea, Siuslaw, Coos and
Lower Umpqua people during their
incarceration at the Alsea Sub-agency
prison camp from 1859 to 1875. Since the
trail’s dedication, the Confederated Tribes
of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw
Indians have become an important part
of the Yachats community. The Tribes also
provided financial aid and skilled labor
toward the replacement of the pedestrian
bridge along the Amanda Trail.
The annual Yachats New Year’s Day
Peace Hike aims to provide a way to
enjoy a lively walk, share good company
and empower the concept of peace on
Earth. Since its founding in 2011, the
event has grown in size and meaning and
has also become an important place for
communication and healing between area
residents and Tribes.
“It is through the Tribes’ and the
community’s endeavors with the Amanda
Trail that many have become more aware
of the great need to acknowledge the
wrongs of the past,” said Jan Brown of the
Yachats Trails Committee, “and to be more
conscious of the need to treat people of all
cultures throughout the world with honor,
dignity and respect.”
Participants on Wednesday’s hike will
gather at the Yachats Commons before
making their way about three miles along
the 804 and Amanda Trails to the Amanda
Grotto south of town, where a Peace
Ceremony will take place.
Hikers will traverse both paved roads
and narrow dirt trail surfaces with some
steps and moderate inclines. Sturdy shoes,
layered clothing and walking sticks are
recommended.
In addition, for both hikers and non-
hikers who would like to acknowledge and
honor Amanda’s journey, there will be a
candlelight vigil for peace at Yachats’ Little
Log Church, located at 328 W. 3rd Street.
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The Amanda statue, dedicated to
memorialize Native American suffering in
the Alsea internment camp
If You Go
9:15-10:15 am
Check in at the Yachats Commons, 441
Hwy. 101 N. Hikers will receive their route
maps and commemorative buttons and
will be required to sign a liability waiver.
9:30-10:15 am
Members of the Confederated Tribes of
the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw
Indians will tell the story of Amanda at
Yachats’ Little Log Church, 328 W. 3rd
Street. Hikers are encouraged to check in
at the Commons beforehand so that they
can continue to the Amanda Grotto imme-
diately following the storytelling.
10:15 am
All hikers should be checked in and on
their way to the Amanda Grotto to arrive
in time for the Peace Ceremony.
11:15 am-noon
Peace Ceremony takes place at the Aman-
da Grotto.
exceeding 25 mph, the hike will be
cancelled. However, the Little Log Church’s
candlelight vigil will take place no matter
what the weather.
For Peace Hike inquiries call Lauralee
at 541-272-1309 or e-mail lsven@peak.org.
For more information on the Yachats Trails
Committee, go to www.yachatstrails.org.
More information about the tribes and
early Yachats area history can be found
under the History tab on www.yachats.info.
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