# @kqed on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Coh_ajBMyfd
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7974176-kqed-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-02-11T17:50:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** KQED (@KQED) — https://gondola.cc/KQED

## Caption

Morro Rock is sacred to the Chumash and the Salinan, a central figure in their mythology, although the two groups have ongoing tension over whether the rock should be climbed. But what both tribes have in common is a painful history of the sacred rock’s desecration.

“The rock was blown up right about the time our people and our culture were, too,” said Violet Sage Walker, the current chairwoman of the Northern Chumash Tribal Council (NCTC). 

While she appreciated the symbolism of returning pieces of Rock, she said it doesn’t wash away the painful and violent history of this area. It’s a legacy of violence, and one that is still very much in the minds of Indigenous people here. But Sage Walker said her tribe now has a “seat at the table” when decisions are made, a hopeful sign.

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✍️: Benjamin Purper / The California Report

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KQED | @KQED | https://gondola.cc/KQED | Media Company |
| Myron Caringal | @myroncari | https://gondola.cc/myroncari | Journalist |

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