by Gorge Owned | May 13, 2017
“It’s not an in-lieu site, it’s our home.” Just hearing the word home can give people a feeling of warmth, peace, comfort. Maybe you picture your house, the front door, or the garden where you spend your free time. Which makes you wonder why so many tribal members, up...
by Gorge Owned | May 11, 2017
Join Gorge Owned on Tuesday June 13, 2017 from 5:30-7 p.m. for Green Drinks at Big Winds in in Hood River. Renee Tkach with Friends of the Gorge will share the ultimate vision for Gorge Towns to Trails a 200-mile trail system wrapping around the Columbia Gorge,...
by Gorge Owned | Apr 20, 2017
Join Gorge Owned on Wednesday May 10, 2017 from 5:30-7 p.m. for Green Drinks at The Renewal Workshop in Cascade Locks. Hear from co-founder Nicole Bassett on this new kind of apparel company that makes discarded clothing and textiles into something new. They partner...
by Gorge Owned | Apr 10, 2017
Join us Wednesday, April 19th, 5:30 – 7:00 at Freebridge Brewing in The Dalles for a look behind the curtain of the historic Mint Building where the popular brewery is housed. Originally constructed in 1869 as a United States Mint with the intention of minting...
by Gorge Owned | Mar 16, 2017
On March 18th, the last Saturday of the most punishing winter in the Gorge in more than 40 years, Gorge Owned (GO), a sustainable economic development organization in the Columbia River Gorge, is hosting a series of large scale cash mobs in an effort to lift the...
by Gorge Owned | Feb 16, 2017
Although Hood River garnered national notoriety for anti-Japanese American sentiments during World War II, it’s noteworthy that a small number of local citizens stepped forward on behalf of their neighbors. In individual acts of support for Japanese Americans and...
by Gorge Owned | Feb 2, 2017
As a commissioned songwriter for the Portland’s Bonneville Power Administration in 1941, Woody Guthrie wrote 26 songs – including classics like “Roll On, Columbia”, “Hard Travelin’”, and “Pastures of Plenty” extolling the...
by Gorge Owned | Dec 15, 2016
The Columbia River system is the lifeblood of the tribes. Since time immemorial, the water, salmon, game, roots, and berries—the sacred first foods—have sustained the health, spirit, and cultures of the tribes. So fundamental was this connection to the land, that when...
by Gorge Owned | Nov 17, 2016
When the Crag Rats Mountain Rescue beeper goes off, the call may take the elite team of Gorge residents racing up a mountain peak to rescue an injured hiker, scaling a rocky ledge to revive a hiker who has fallen over a cliff, into a blizzard to search for missing...
by Gorge Owned | Nov 12, 2016
For decades people have assumed that the Cascades tribes were sent away to reservations and are part of reservation communities. This historical paradox has vexed historians for generations because it appears that for many Cascades people, they did not remove nor are...
by Gorge Owned | Nov 10, 2016
With the holiday shopping and giving season just around the corner, Gorge Owned today launched its 7th annual GO! Local campaign to encourage residents to shop and donate locally. As in years past, the campaign aims to raise awareness about the benefits to the...
by Gorge Owned | Oct 13, 2016
Join Gorge Owned as we kick off the Sense of Place Lecture Series with the world premiere of Part 1 of Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice, a documentary film by Holly Yasui and Will Doolittle. The screening celebrates Min Yasui’s 100th...
