Likewise, over our 58 year history, the buildings and spaces of the camp have held many names. The original building was just called \u201cthe Lodge\u201d or occasionally \u201cDownie Lodge\u201d after John Downie, the young man who sparked the vision for the camp to be founded. For the last few decades it has been called Totem Lodge (though many still call it \u201cthe Lodge\u201d). The bunkhouses in the woods were simply\u00a0called Bunkhouse 1 and Bunkhouse 2.<\/p>\n
Around the time that the dining hall and the adult retreat lodge were built, the main buildings received new names. Mowich, Ehkole, and Chak Chak were Native American names for local wildlife (deer, whale, and eagle respectively), Potlatch was named after an important Native American celebration, and Totem joined the theme based on the large, beautiful carving\u00a0that has called the lodge home for many years.<\/p>\n
The Native American themed names were initially chosen to honor the legacy and connection of our site with local tribal history. Our understanding of that history continues to grow along with our\u00a0connection with the Suquamish Tribe. While the original intent 30 years ago was good, those names\u00a0are no longer perceived as honoring by those whom we intended\u00a0to honor. For many complicated reasons, it has become clear that a change is necessary.<\/p>\n
In January of 2015, the Camp Indianola Site Advisory Team met and agreed that name changes were in order. In keeping with our beautiful surrounding, they decided that a tree theme was appropriate. All of the names selected are types\u00a0that can be found on site and in close proximity to each building. We think the new names are wonderfully appropriate to each building. We hope you agree.<\/p>\n
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By Darin Gemmer | Camp Indianola, Director The History When Camp Indianola was founded in 1957 by Seattle First United Methodist Church, it was simply called the \u201cchurch camp at Indianola.\u201d Through the years it has been called Indianola Camp and Conference Center (or Retreat Center) and, more recently, simply Camp Indianola. Likewise, over our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":10241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[277,32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-camping","8":"category-news"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Indianola-Sign.jpg?fit=700%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2l75j-2Fa","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10240"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10249,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10240\/revisions\/10249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}