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Tamanowas Rock

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Hahn, M., A. Graettinger, J. Gustafson, Caroline J. Ponzini, et al. 2004. "Eocene pyroclastic deposits at Chimacum, Washington; adakite magmatism in the Cascadia Forearc." Abstracts With Programs - Geological Society Of America 36(4; 4): 69-69.
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and Jefferson Land Trust, that started in 2009. The land was added to an existing 22-acre purchase by the tribe. Prior to this, it was a rock climbing site, a practice which was ended when the S'Klallam Tribe took ownership.
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Lover's Graffiti Scrawled Across Sacred Rock: A vandal daubed the huge letters on a spiritual rock that has been used for millennia by Salish Native Americans
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Tepper, J.; Clark, K.; Asmerom, Y.; McIntosh, W. (December 2002), "Eocene Adakites Associated With Initiation of Cascade Subduction, Puget Lowlands, WA",
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The site is either a registered archaeological site, or nominated to become one with the Washington State Department of Archaeology.
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In 2014, the rock was desecrated with graffiti, gaining national and international attention.
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for preservation, at the end of a series of loans and purchases by organizations including
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In 2013, the rock was purchased with 62 acres (25 ha) of surrounding land by the
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near Bremerton 60 km away, both thought to be created by subduction of the
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Tamanowas Rock site on Olympic Peninsula purchased by Jamestown S'Kallam tribe
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Collaboration for Protection of a Sacred Site: A Case Study on Tamanowas Rock
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Washington
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Washington State Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's nominations
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Tamanowas Rock is said to have first been used 10,000 years ago by the
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National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Washington
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Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/03/15 through 8/07/15
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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2002, abstract #V11A-1381
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Recognition of Native American sacred sites in the United States
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beneath North America. They may be related by being part of a
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Religious places of the Indigenous peoples of North America
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Trust in the Land: New Directions in Tribal Conservation
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Elevation
Prominence
Coordinates
48°01′19″N 122°47′36″W / 48.02208°N 122.79339°W / 48.02208; -122.79339
Jefferson County, Washington
US
Parent range
Olympic Mountains
Topo map
USGS
Mountain type
Batholith
Map showing the location of Tamanowas Rock Sanctuary
Chimacum, Washington
48°01′19″N 122°47′36″W / 48.02208°N 122.79339°W / 48.02208; -122.79339
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
Klallam
Anderson Lake State Park
Port Townsend, Washington
Coast Salish peoples
Pacific Northwest
National Register of Historic Places
Chimakum
1700 Cascadia earthquake
mastodon
spirit power
Klallam language
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
Washington State Parks

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