Pinecones Wilderness Skills
Pinecones Wilderness Skills
Build forts out of natural materials and start fires with flint and steel! Spend a day in the woods learning wilderness skills and bushcraft such as shelter making, tracking, and camouflage.
Price: $110 per child.
Includes gear rental if needed and all permits and entry fees.
Itinerary: 9 AM to 3 PM
Meet Location: Wildwood Park, Puyallup
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Highlights
Exploration – Growing and learning in the outdoors – Building friendships
Difficulty Level
Intermediate: Minimal hiking, activities require some manual dexterity and ability to reliably follow directions
2024 Schedule:
Our mission is to make outdoor recreation accessible to all. If you cannot afford the total cost of a Pinecones trip right now, send us a brief message to request sliding scale pricing.
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Indigenous Land
Puyallup
“It [Lushootseed] is from the beginning strength of the people, and it is from what the Creator put down upon this land for people…. The earth speaks. The animals speak. Everything has a voice.”
Vi Hilbert, Grandmother Video Project
The Puyallup tribe in their own language call themselves a name that means “people from the bend at the bottom of the river.” They are one of twelve Lushootseed speaking tribes in the Puget Sound region. The language of Lushootseed has vast diversity and multiple dialects, with each group having their own way of speaking. All dialects were to be honored and respected, reflecting the values of Lushootseed culture such as ‘Be kind, be helpful, be sharing.’
The Lushootseed speaking peoples called the mountain that dominated their horizon Tacoma or Tahoma, a word that is thought to mean “the mother of all waters.” The Puyallup tribe is calling on the state of Washington to rename the mountain from its current official name of “Rainier.”
Today, the Puyallup Tribe is a recognizable force in the fight for tribal rights, and were a significant player in the Boldt Decision of 1974, establishing the rights of Native Americans in Washington State to fish using traditional methods.
~ This information was found on PuyallupTribe.com