(mm 2217.9) You have just stepped onto Forest Road 24 as the PCT crosses it. Although you left the Indian Heaven National Wilderness Area 1.2 trail-miles south of here, you are still in the area that is culturally important to local natives. As it was with so many treaties between the US government and native tribes, the 1855 treaty was not enforced with full trust. To remedy non-native pickers interfering with the traditional huckleberry harvest of native people, an additional agreement was made.
The Handshake Agreement was made in 1932 between Chief William Yallup of the Yakama and Forest Supervisor John R. Bruckart. It reserves the Sawtooth Berryfields (aka Surprise Lakes area) east of NF-24 for exclusive Indian use.
The sign on National Forest Road 24
Chief William Yallup and Forest Supervisor John R. Bruckart.
August 1937 a woman dries huckleberries
