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CEDAR RIVERELK MEADOWNORTH RIDGESOUTH BANK
Elk Meadow Pavilion— fundedCedar Loop Trailneeds $12,400South Bank Firepit Rin…— in progressRiverside Gathering Ha…needs $38,000Ceremony Ground Restor…— in progressNorth Ridge Trailhead— funded
Tribal Parks Authority · Est. 1974

The land remembers
every hand
that kept it.

Gather stewards ceremony grounds, riverside pavilions, and forest trails on ancestral Nʉmʉnʉʉ lands. Every project is documented. Every dollar is named.

See the work first

Every path on this map exists because someone gave.

Work already done.
Receipts included.

These projects are finished. The money is spent. Here is exactly what it bought, who built it, and what the land looks like now.

Summer 2024·Infrastructure
Elk Meadow Gathering Pavilion — before restoration
Before
Elk Meadow Gathering Pavilion — after restoration
After

Elk Meadow Gathering Pavilion

$47,200
total cost

For thirty years this meadow had no cover. Elders would leave ceremonies early when the rain came in. Now there's a cedar-post pavilion with a corrugated iron roof, eight picnic tables, and a fire ring that seats forty. The first ceremony held here drew three hundred people.

Built by

Raymond WhitehorseDelores RunningwaterJames TsosieVolunteer crew of 14
Autumn 2024·Trails
Cedar Loop Trail Rehabilitation — before restoration
Before
Cedar Loop Trail Rehabilitation — after restoration
After

Cedar Loop Trail Rehabilitation

$18,600
total cost

Three miles of trail that had been impassable since the 2022 floods. We cleared deadfall, rebuilt two footbridges, and reset the trail markers that the original survey team carved in 1988. Seventeen elder-guided walks have happened here since reopening.

Built by

Nora EagleheartTrail crew from Riverside High SchoolLuis Mendoza
Spring 2023·Ceremony Grounds
North Ridge Firepit Ring — before restoration
Before
North Ridge Firepit Ring — after restoration
After

North Ridge Firepit Ring

$9,800
total cost

River stones collected over two weekends by forty families. Each stone placed by hand. The ring now holds the winter solstice fire every December. The cost includes the stone hauling, the flagstone surround, and three new benches built from salvaged cedar.

Built by

George SwiftwindPatricia MoralesCommunity stone-gathering day

This year's fund.
Every dollar accounted for.

Updated as of February 2026. The bar below is the full picture.

$145,600
raised of $180,000 goal
41%
24%
16%
19%
$74,200
Raised & Spent

Completed projects, paid in full with documented receipts

$42,800
Allocated — In Progress

Committed to active projects, disbursed in stages

$28,600
Raised — Available

In reserve, awaiting project vote at June council meeting

$34,400
Still Needed

Unfunded gap across three priority projects this season

Full financial statements available on request · Download 2025 Annual Report (PDF)

What still needs doing.

Three projects, each with a community member's voice, an honest cost, and a progress ring. Pick one. The land will know.

Cedar Loop Trail — Phase 2 — project site
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Cedar Loop Trail — Phase 2

North Forest, Mile 3–6

"My grandmother walked this section every morning for forty years. After the washout it just sat there — overgrown, sad. The kids in the after-school program have never been past mile three. We need to finish what the last crew started."

Sylvia Runningwater · Parks Committee, 22 years
34%funded
$4,200
raised of $12,400 needed
$8,200 remaining
Riverside Gathering Hall — project site
ActiveInfrastructure

Riverside Gathering Hall

South Bank, Cedar River

"Every summer the river camp draws three hundred people and we're still cooking under tarps. A proper covered pavilion would mean we could hold the language immersion camp in any weather. That camp is the only place some of our kids hear the old words."

Marcus Littlefeather · Language Program Director
31%funded
$11,600
raised of $38,000 needed
$26,400 remaining
Ceremony Ground Restoration — project site
ActiveCeremony Grounds

Ceremony Ground Restoration

West Ridge, Sacred Site

"The ground itself is still there. The cedar posts are gone, the fire circle has been colonized by invasive brush, and the path from the parking area is barely passable. This is the site of the winter ceremony. It has been held every year for longer than anyone can remember."

Elder Dorothy Swiftwind · Cultural Preservation Council
39%funded
$8,900
raised of $22,800 needed
$13,900 remaining
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"I grew up hiking these trails before they had names on signs. My grandmother called the big cedar by a word I don't have the right to write here. I send money home every month because someone has to keep the path open for the children who don't know yet that they need it."

Josephine Eagleheart
Portland, OR · Diaspora donor since 2019

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Fund a Project
1,847
Donors since 2019
23
Projects completed
$412K
Returned to the land