| Trees
Named in Honor of Native Americans |
Robert
Leverett |
| Apr
05, 2004 08:25 PDT |
ENTS:
We should periodically welcome our new members
to the list. So here
goes. WELCOME, NEW MEMBERS!
For all members of the list,
I should also mention that we have
some prominent Native Americans among members. In particular,
Ishgooda
and Sky Davis are members of our list. Ishgooda is Huron and Sky
is
Cherokee. Both are activists and were close friends of my dear
departed
wife Jani who was also a Native American. Through Jani, the
philosophy
and roots of ENTS incorporates Native thought toward the land
and its
forests and ENTS honors Native American culture and traditions
in a
variety of ways. In Mohawk Trail State Forest in Massachusetts,
Cook
Forest State Park in PA, the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, NC-TN,
and elsewhere, we name trees and groves after Native Americans.
This
practice has taken on a life of its own in Mohawk as a recent
e-mail
identifying groves named for Native nations shows. The following
list
identifies great trees currently bearing Native names,
individual or
tribal, courtesy of ENTS. The list is organized by
property/site. Others
will be named in the near future.
Great Smoky Mountains NP, NC-TN:
Yonaguska Tree – hemlock (Cherokee)
Tsali Tree – hemlock (Cherokee)
Sequoyah Tree – hemlock
(Cherokee)
Cook Forest State Park, PA:
Jani Tree – white pine
(Choctaw-Cherokee)
Seneca Pine – white pine
(Seneca)
Anders Run Natural Area, PA:
Cornplanter Pine - white pine (Seneca)
Ice Glen, MA
Mohican Pine – white pine (Mohican)
Mohawk Trail State Forest, MA
Trees of Peace:
Jake Swamp Tree -
White pine (Mohawk)
Joe Norton- White pine
(Mohawk)
Tom Porter - White
pine (Mohawk)
John Brown – White
pine (Narragansett)
Arvol Lookinghorse –
White pine (Lakota)
Dave Chief – White
pine (Lakota)
Algonquin Grove:
Frank Decontie Tree –
White pine (Algonquin)
William Commanda Tree –
White pine (Algonquin)
Sandra Decontie Tree
– White pine (Algonquin)
Cherokee-Choctaw:
Jani Tree – White
pine (Choctaw-Cherokee)
Charles Yow Tree –
White pine (Cherokee)
Junaluska Pine –
White pine (Cherokee)
Attakulakula Tree –
White pine (Cherokee)
Pocumtuck Grove:
Metacomet Tree –
White pine (Wampanoag)
Massasoit Tree –
White pine (Wampanoag)
Frank James Tree –
White pine (Wampanoag)
Elders Grove:
Saheda Tree –
White pine (Mohawk)
Tecumseh Pine
– White pine (Mohawk)
Crazy Horse Tree
– White pine (Lakota)
Sacajawea Tree
– White pine (Shoshoni)
Washaki Tree -
– White pine (Shoshoni)
Shunpike Grove:
Joseph Brant Pine –
White pine (Mohawk)
Oneida Pine – White
pine (Oneida)
We have a Memorial Grove in Mohawk Trail State
Forest that honors
deceased Earth warriors. Presently we have trees dedicated to
Michael
Perlman and Karl Davies. On May 15th we’ll add a couple of
names
including a dedication to Randy Cyr’s father.
We also now have an ENTS grove that is
part of the larger region of
Encampment Pines. Currently trees have been dedicated to the
following
Ents:
Will Blozan
Lee Frelich
Colby Rucker
Dale Luthringer
Michael Davie
Loona Brogan
(surprise, Loona)
Lisa Bozzuto
(surprise, Lisa)
Susan Benoit
(surprise, Susan)
Howard Stoner
(surprise, Howard)
Others in Mohawk Trail State Forest who have been honored
include:
Dr. Lynn Rogers:
in the Trees of Peace Grove
Chuck Bellows:
in the Pocumtuck Grove
Paul Jost: (also
ENTS, but he has a tree in the Pocumtuck Grove)
John Knuerr (N.
red oak)
There are a number of other named trees in the Smokies and
elsewhere
including the Boogerman Pine in Cataloochee, the Riddle Pine in
the
Chattahoochee NF, GA, and so on.
Enough for now.
Bob
Robert T. Leverett
Cofounder, Eastern Native Tree Society
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