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05/19/2026

On September 20, 1855, Bureau of Indian Affairs agent Andrew Bolon rode out to investigate the recent deaths of several miners in Yakama territory.

Before he could reach his destination, Yakama chief Shumaway intercepted him and warned that the situation was too dangerous to pursue.

Bolon heeded the warning and turned back toward home.

Along the way, he fell in with a group of Yakama travelers heading south and decided to ride alongside them.

Among the group was Mosheel, the son of Chief Shumaway and the man responsible for the miners' deaths.

When Bolon informed Mosheel that the killings were considered criminal and that the U.S. Army would soon deliver punishment, Mosheel grew furious.

Unknown to Bolon, who did not speak Yakama, a debate over his fate unfolded around him throughout the day's journey.

Despite protests from several members of the traveling party, Mosheel overruled them by invoking his royal standing.

During a rest stop, as the group ate lunch together, Mosheel and at least three others drew knives and attacked.

Bolon cried out in Chinook Jargon, "I did not come to fight you!" before being stabbed in the throat.

His horse was then shot, and his body and belongings were burned to conceal the evidence.

The killing of Andrew Bolon became one of the key triggering events of the wider Yakima War.

04/26/2026

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04/26/2026

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04/26/2026

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“The Law of the First Foods: Why We Let the Berries Rest”
The Yakama Nation celebrates the 2026 closure of commercial huckleberry harvest in Gifford Pinchot National Forest. That’s not new policy. That’s our old law coming back.

This is the law my grandma taught me:

1. Only take what you need, and leave some for others.
Salmon, deer, roots, huckleberries — they’re relatives, not resources. We take enough to feed our family and elders. We leave some for the bear, for the next person, for the ones not born yet. When we take all we can, the First Foods leave. We’ve watched that happen.

2. Don’t harvest with a heavy heart.
When someone in our family walks on, we don’t go to the river. We don’t go to the mountains. The salmon feel grief. The berries feel grief. If we take while we’re hurting, they hide themselves until we’re ready. So we sit out a season. We let them rest. We let ourselves heal. That’s the law.

3. When the teachings faded, so did the fish and the berries.
Our elders said: “When we keep the laws of the First Foods, the First Foods keep us.”
We stopped resting after loss. We started picking for money, not for ceremony. We took more than we needed.
And the huckleberries declined 90%. The salmon runs thinned. That’s the law answering us.

What does the 2026 closure mean?
Commercial harvest — picking to sell — is closed. That’s what was hurting the fields.
Treaty gathering — Yakama picking for family, elders, and ceremony — is still our right from 1855. And it’s still our responsibility.

Chairman Lewis said this closure upholds “the time immemorial rights our ancestors secured in the Treaty of 1855.” Those rights come with the old law: Take only what you need. Leave some for others. Come with a good heart.

This closure is ceremony. It’s the whole Nation practicing what grandma taught: Rest. Leave some. Come back when the land and your heart are ready.

I share this because my grandma can’t anymore. If your family was taught different, that’s okay. We had 14 bands, different longhouses. But the law at the center is the same: Take care of the ones who take care of us.

The berries will know when we’re ready. They always do.

— For my grandma, and for the First Foods

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