The Quileute Tribe is preparing to save their tribal school from an impending natural disaster, and you can partner with them to preserve their heritage, their culture, and their lives.
Your tax-deductible donation will help them move to higher ground , where the K-12 Tribal School will be first to re-locate. The rest of the village will follow.
Your one-time donation will directly fund the K-12 Tribal School’s move to higher ground outside the tsunami zone, and a recurring monthly donation will help the Quileute Tribe in its ongoing phases of moving the whole village to higher ground.
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just an addition– as you can see, the current site of their school is literally almost right on the shoreline of the beach, and looks to be extremely vulnerable to any regular natural happenings. this is taken from their website: “Move to Higher Ground is a comprehensive program to relocate the critical community facilities and future housing to the safety of lands above the reach of tsunami waves and flood waters.The first priority of the Tribe is the relocation of the Quileute Tribal School.Located on a former U.S. Coast Guard site, just feet above sea level between the Pacific Ocean and the Quillayute River, the location of the school has long been unsafe.The K-12 school educates students from many tribes and nations, including Quileute, Hoh, Makah, Nisqually, Muckleshoot, Ponca, S’Klallam, Blackfeet, Quinault, Shoshone-Bannock, and Yakama.The school is comprised of ten structures, nine of which are currently located just feet above sea level, within dangerous reach of tsunami, storm, and flood surges.Over 75% of students attend classes in portables with insufficient space for many Washington state graduation requirements and the teaching and preservation of Quileute language, heritage, and culture.”
