The headland was once home to a village of Miluk-speaking Coos people. Officially returned to the coastal tribes just a decade ago, the site is home to first salmon ceremonies, remembrances for the dead and prayers for ancestors – traditions that Krossman and Beers, the tribes’ cultural stewardship manager, are working hard to preserve. The tribes’ leaders say the view, the land, the fish and other marine life – fundamental to their cultural and spiritual legacy – could in the coming years be marred by massive floating wind towers and their turbines. It’s why the tribal confederation has emerged as one of the most vocal opponents of offshore wind energy in Oregon, suing the federal government to stop the state’s first-ever offshore wind auction and demanding the government do a full environmental analysis of how floating wind farms could affect ocean species and local fisheries along the West Coast. At the end of September, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management canceled the Oct...