Pit River
Americannoun
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The Pit River Nation, which spearheaded the campaign for the designation, considers the Medicine Lake Highlands area near Mt.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025
“For the Pit River people, it’s the actual place of our creation and is a very sacred place for us in the narrative of our peoples,” said McDaniels.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2025
The geologically unique area is a spiritual center for the Pit River and Modoc tribes and serves as habitat for protected species, including the bald eagle and northern spotted owl.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024
On that day, the lake’s bathtub ring was gone, with water covering the supports on the Pit River Bridge as well as previously barren earth near the marina.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024
Derivation: From a Pit River word meaning “lake.”
From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by Powell, John Wesley
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