Labor of love

We will be gathering in a big circle/clump and the main part of the ceremony will be "quaker style:" You all will be invited to share an intention/short poem/story/song/etc if you feel called as we acknowledge and honor the fourteen years that we have been in partnership and our journey ahead. This is completely voluntary and we know you still love us even if you don't want to share in that way. Each person will get ONE MINUTE MAX to share. Please bring some natural or significant object with you from home that we will use during the ceremony (we will take these back home with us afterwards unless you want to keep yours and let us know).

The ceremony will be held in Maupin OR on the stolen land of the Tenino People. Please read the history and consider donating to the Land Tax on our registry. Consider using the app Native Land to learn about the land where you live. The Tenino people, commonly known today as the Warm Springs bands, are several Sahaptin Native American subtribes which historically occupied territory located in the North-Central portion of the American state of Oregon. The Tenino people included four localized subtribes — the Tygh (Taih, Tyigh) or "Upper Deschutes" divided in Tayxɫáma (Tygh Valley), Tiɫxniɫáma (Sherar's Bridge) and Mliɫáma (present Warm Spring Reservation), the Wyam (Wayámɫáma) (Wayámpam) or "Lower Deschutes", also known as "Celilo Indians", the Dalles Tenino or "Tinainu (Tinaynuɫáma)", also known as "Tenino proper"; and the Dock-Spus (Tukspush) (Takspasɫáma) or "John Day." Historically splitting their time between winter camps and summer camps on the Columbia River, in 1855 the Tenino people were made a party to the Treaty with the Tribes of Middle Oregon, which was negotiated by Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs Joel Palmer. The Warm Springs bands are today a part of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, which governs the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Central Oregon. https://warmsprings-nsn.gov/