Tsagaglallal / She Who Watches

Tsagaglallal or She Who Watches is seen here looking over the Marysville Elementary students that visted Columbia Hills State Park to see the pictographs and petroglyphs that were created hundreds to thousands of years ago. As part of the Marysville Pictograph Project the students are studying pictographs from a variety of cultures as a way of conveying the story of "Tongue" in the form of their own pictograph designs. She Who Watches is one of the most famous pictographs that can be found in the Columbia River Gorge where Ceilo Falls used to exist before the building of the dams. The majority of the pictographs that use to exist along the narrow corridor of the river around what is now The Dalles are now buried beneath the surface of the water. As you could imagine, a lot of cultural heritage was buried as a result of the creation of the dams along the Columbia River. We are fortuante enough to be able to view what is left of the pictographs thanks to the Yakima Indains whom have opened this cultural treasure for all to enjoy. If you want to visit Columbia Hills State Park to see the pictographs you will need to make a reservation to get a guided tour by one of the park rangers. www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Columbia+Hills&pageno=1