Amanda Trail Education Guide Map
Click on the images below to open a printable guide (pdf format). Print in landscape layout.
Select a link below for answers to the Challenge Questions and for more information related to the Trail-Education Guide:
TRAIL-ED Sustainability
Donations contributing to the sustainability of this project are greatly appreciated. Any funds collected shall be restricted specifically to the maintenance of interpretive signs along the Amanda Trail and reprinting costs of the TRAIL-ED Guide. Donate using our online form.
For Example:
- $10 Donation = 3 Guide Reprints
- $25 Donation = 8 Guide Reprints
- $50 Donation = 16 Guide Reprints
- $100 Donation = 32 Guide Reprints
Background
Thanks to a generous award from Braemar Charitable Trust (Trust Management Services, LLC) and most importantly, the support and guidance provided by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and their Cultural Department, this TRAIL-ED (Interactive Pocket Guide to the Amanda Trail) is ready to share!
Developed as an educational resource, the guide helps fill a little bit of the huge gap that exists with understanding native history and the culture of coastal Tribes. The guide aims to create a greater awareness of Yachats’ indigenous history, respect and understanding of native culture, and shares the importance of living in harmony with the land. While the Amanda Trail, weaving from Yachats to Cape Perpetua, already brings thousands of hikers and traces the solemn story of Amanda and her people, the interactive guide aims to enhance the cultural and educational experience along the way. The guide portrays many plants and wildlife that live throughout the area and highlights their importance in sustaining Native populations, both historically and today. Interactive prompts have been included to engage hikers along the way. In the form of challenge questions, these prompts begin conversations about material from the guide, as well as from the interpretive signs along the trail.
Where missions overlapped, project partnership developed. Contributive efforts put forth in developing this project are shared by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and their Cultural Department, View the Future 501 c (3), Oregon State University Extension Service, and Nora Sherwood (Science Illustrator and Wildlife Artist—Portraying Nature to Educate and Inspire)
It is our hope that this TRAIL-ED, Interactive Pocket Guide to the Amanda Trail creates greater awareness of the Indigenous history of the Yachats area, brings us a better understanding of how to live in connection to the land, and through the process, improves the overall health of our community for future generations—where cultural conversations continue.
TRAIL-ED
“Thankful Respect & Acknowledgement for Indigenous Land—Education”
