Yachats, OR- New Year’s Day 2025, the Yachats Trails Committee & View the Future will host the 15th Annual Peace Hike in Yachats, Oregon. The Peace Hike traditionally honors the memory of a blind Native American
(Coos) woman named Amanda who was forcibly taken away from her daughter and marched 80 miles with other captives all barefoot through the rocky terrain to the Alsea Sub-agency prison camp in what is now Yachats in 1864.
Each year, as part of the ceremony, cedar sprigs, a sacred tree for many tribes of the Pacific Northwest are provided for anyone to explore prayers and set intentions with cedar. People can take the sprig and walk holding their vision of peace and its meaning.
The Peace Hike is a wonderful opportunity to begin the New Year in community with people who share the intention for peace in our world and reverence for those who have suffered in the past. We hope you will join us this New Year.
