What Removal Could Not End
Pit River people, California’s machinery of dispossession, and the work of returning.
Read the stories
History held in people and places.
Seven stories rooted in Pit River country and the relationships that extend across neighboring peoples, with linked sources and room for memories, questions, and correction.
What a Settlement Could Not Settle
Pit River land, the Indian Claims Commission, and the difference between compensation and return
When Pit River People Took Their Land Claim Back to the Land
The 1970 occupations, the confrontation at Four Corners, and the solidarity that connected a homeland struggle to Alcatraz.
Bringing Ishi Home
The Maidu-led search, the work of the Pit River Tribe and Redding Rancheria, and the responsibilities that endured through eighty-four years of separation.
After the “Last Speaker” Headline
Medie Webster, Atsugewi women’s teaching, and the work of making room for language again.
Sáttítla: What It Took to Protect a Living Place
Pit River leadership, the long defense of Medicine Lake Highlands, and the work that continues after a monument designation.
Return, Removal, and the Plateau
Modoc return, Pit River continuance, and why exile cannot honestly be turned into evidence of abandonment.
A community story project
The story may be bigger than the article.
News reports can mark what happened. People who were there, their families, and their communities can add the relationships, earlier chapters, and what happened next.
Stories We Carry makes room for accounts rooted in Pit River country and the neighboring relationships that have shaped life across the plateau. You do not need a finished story or exact dates. A memory, correction, question, or lead is a useful place to begin.
Share a written note
What you can contribute
Begin with what you know.
A contribution can build on something already reported or point toward a story that has not been told yet.
A memory or experience
Something you saw, did, heard, or remember from family and community life.
Context around a public story
A connection, earlier chapter, community response, or what followed the headline.
A lead to check
A public record, place, question, or person who may help us understand more.
How we handle contributions
Listen first. Check carefully. Ask before sharing.
A contribution is a source and a relationship. It is not automatically verified or published.
- You share on your terms.Before publication, the editor will ask separately how your words and name may be used.
- The editor follows the thread.We will separate direct memory from what was heard or found in a record, and check what can be checked.
- Review before publication.If you leave a way to reach you, the editor will ask you to review any attributed passage before it is published.
- Publication is a considered choice.Some contributions will lead to follow-up or new reporting; some will not be published. No submission will be posted automatically.
A tool you can use now
Prepare a story note
Write a few notes for yourself. When you choose Download my notes, this page creates a text file on your device.
Nothing is submitted. This worksheet has no submit button. Your writing stays in the open page until you leave or refresh it; the download saves a copy to your device.
Begin anywhere. You can write a few words or tell the story in your own way.
An approximate place or period is fine. Leave out private contact details.
Voice is part of the plan
Voice closed
Tell it out loud, when the recording path is ready.
Written notes are open through the form above. Voice submissions remain closed while secure file handling, access, consent, and deletion are being checked.
You can use the worksheet to prepare what you may want to say later. Nothing in this section records or sends audio while it is closed.
Voice notes are not open yet.
Send a written note now. The recording option will appear here after the storage and deletion path passes its checks.
Help extend the work
Ways to support the work.
What would funding support? Building and testing a private route for voice submissions. Funding alone will not open voice intake; storage, access, consent, and deletion checks must also pass.
The first version is run by one editor. If you can help check public sources, review a page for access barriers, share the invitation with relatives, or check a transcript when voice work opens, we would like to hear from you.
A clear boundary
Where this project fits.
Stories We Carry is independent editorial work by Christopher Knorr. It is not a Pit River Tribal government office, archive, service channel, or official statement. For government services or official answers, use the Tribe’s published office contacts.
Please leave out private information about other people and anything that should not be shared publicly. Do not use this project for emergencies or to send protected cultural knowledge.
The written-note form explains what is collected, who may access it, how follow-up works, and when submissions are removed. It does not accept attachments or voice recordings. Voice, when open, uses a separate form with its own terms.