So glad to see one of your pieces again. This is particularly helpful right now. I just read “We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth,” a series of interviews with elders (and youngers) from across the US and Canada. I think one of the editor/interviewers, Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth, might live in Port Townsend. The responses seem congruent with what you’re saying about how indigenous people work in community and how women and people of all ages are valued.