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Submitted by Andy B on Thursday, 08 October 2015  Page Views: 5277

Rock ArtSite Name: Columbia Hills State Park Alternative Name: She Who Watches, Horsethief Lake, Horsethief Butte, Tsagaglalal, Tamani Pesh-wa, Tamani Pesh-wa
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 51.658 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The West Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Portland  Nearest Village: The Dalles
Latitude: 45.641290N  Longitude: 121.1049W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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jeffrep visited on 11th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3

bat400 visited on 1st May 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 There were no tours to the "She Who Watches" figure on the day we were visiting, but we were able to see many other examples of rock art. Well worth a visit.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 3.5

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by Flickr : She Who Watches Petroglyph Image copyright: Lorene Flaming, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
She Who Watches is one of North America's most famous pictographs. The large-eyed pictograph has a cliffside perch in Washington's Columbia Hillls State Park, along the Columbia River Gorge. The ancient rock painting has with an interesting story about it's creation.

The story says that coyote, known as a trickster by Native Americans, had attempted to betray the leader of a local tribe. After a wrestling match, the wily animal tossed the female chief onto the cliff where she turned to stone.

To this day, the tribe's guardian watches over her children and is known as Tsagiglala, or She Who Watches. Portland artist Lillian Pitt has many pieces that carry the image of She Who Watches.

She Who Watches can be viewed during the park's twice-weekly tours, conducted seasonally. One of the largest known pieces of rock art in North America, the 31/2-by-3-foot painting was drawn about 300 years ago. To preserve the treasure, access to the site has been limited to guided tours since 1993.

Ranger-led pictograph tours at Horsethief Lake, located across the Columbia River from The Dalles, are offered Fridays and Saturdays at 10 a.m., April to October. The tours are free and reservations are required by calling 509-773-5007. Space is limited and tours fill fast, so reserve well in advance, two or three weeks minimum.

If you can't book a She Who Watches Tour, the park maintains a display of Native American art that was recovered from nearby cliffs before they were flooded after construction of The Dalles Dam. This display is open during the park's normal operating schedule.

With thanks to Terry Richard at Oregon Live

Both Tamani Pesh-wa (Written on Rock) Canyon and the current "Tamani Pesh-wa" Trail in the Columbia Hills State Park are located in Klickitat County Washington. Information panels at the rock art trail in the park show the general original locations (now underwater) of several concentrations of rock art.

In 1956 nearly 100 examples were removed by quarrying out sections of the basalt. The removal was done by the Army Corp of Engineers, and there is little documentation of who selected the examples to be salvaged.

The rock art panels were not easily accessible for 30 years. They were moved to their present location along a modern trail in the 1990's at the request of Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the Nez Perce Tribe.

The modern park is also the location of Wishram Indian Village Site and Wakemap Mound. The location given is the start of the rock art trail. This portion is paved, disability accessible, and immediately adjacent to a parking area. The secured trail leading to the Tsagiglala figure is an unpaved footpath.
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Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by jeffrep : She Who Watches, Native American rock art, located on the trail at the end of a ranger-led walk at Columbia Hills Historical State Park near the Columbia River in Central Washington State, U.S. She Who Watches, whose Native American name is Tsagaglalal, is an image created in stone. Unlike most of the rock images found in the region, which are either rock etchings (petroglyphs) or rock paintings (... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by bat400 : A panel that was part of "Group E" in the original location in Petroglyph Canyon. Photo by bat400, ca. May 2013. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by bat400 : "Wildcat" image. The panel was broken during removal or sometime during the multiple relocations. Photo by bat400, ca. May 2013. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by bat400 : There are multiple images of owls. Photo by bat400, ca. May 2013. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by Flickr : Spider Petroglyph Image copyright: Lorene Flaming, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by jeffrep : Pictograph on the trail leading to She Who Watches rock art at the Columbia Hills Historical State Park near the Columbia River in Central Washington State, U.S.

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by jeffrep

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by jeffrep : Rock art on the Temani Pesh-wa Trail, a collection of ancient petroglyphs saved from the rising waters of a dam on the Columbia River in Central Washington State, U.S.

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by jeffrep

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by jeffrep

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by bat400 : One of the relocated rock art panels on the Temani Pesh-wa Trail. Photo by bat400, ca. May 2013.

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by Flickr : Petroglyph Image copyright: Lorene Flaming, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by Flickr

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by Flickr

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by Flickr : Ghost in the Rock Image copyright: Lorene Flaming, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by Flickr : Petroglyph Image copyright: Lorene Flaming, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by Flickr

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by Flickr

Columbia Hills State Park
Columbia Hills State Park submitted by Flickr : Horsethief Lake Petroglyphs "Tsagaglalal," also known as "She Who Watches," is a spectacular pictograph is at the end of the Columbia Hills State Park guided trail walk. Image copyright: Washington, Our Home (Washington Our Home), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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User Bugtussle sends a link to other photos of this Rock Art from Horsethief Butte by bat400 on Friday, 15 February 2019
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Re: Columbia Hills State Park by Andy B on Tuesday, 29 September 2015
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Photos of the Petroglyphs and Pictographs at
http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/shewhowatches.html
and
http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/horsethief_butte_she_who_watches.html

In the days before the Columbia River was flooded to make electricity, a set of ancient stone carvings existed in a canyon above the river - far enough to seem distant but close enough that they would be flooded after The Dalles Dam was completed. Just before the river was flooded, some of them were moved in order to preserve their viewability. Unfortunately, the petroglyphs were stored in an area not accessible to the public for many years.

Then, for while, they were placed on display in the industrial environment of the Dalles Dam. At least they were not in storage any more, but at the same time this had the unfortunate irony of placing objects holy to the First Nations people on the structure that destroyed their fishing grounds.

In recent years, the petroglyphs were moved to their current location at Horsethief Lake (now Columbia Hills State Park.)

More at:
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Washington_State/Horsethief_Lake_State_Park-893492/Things_To_Do-Horsethief_Lake_State_Park-TG-C-1.html
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