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Native Place Names - How Wy'East (Mount Hood) came to be.

Native Place Names - How Wy'East (Mount Hood) came to be.

The native names for the mountains of the Cascade Range tell an engaging story, where the volcanoes becomes a community of dynamic and interconnected characters as they feature in myths and legends explaining how the land was formed and the millennia long relationship people have had with it. This article explores a creation myth told by the Multnomah people of how Wy’East (Mount Hood) came to be.