The designers of the remodel didn’t just want a terminal that looked different; they wanted one that was built differently, too, so they turned to the Yakama Nation.
WHITE SWAN, Wash. —
Christy Fiander has been around timber since she was a kid.
As a member of Yakama Nation, she cultivated a reverence for the towering trees that grow in central Washington.
“When I was a young child, my grandfather was the first Native American, Yakama-owned logging business,” she said.
Now, Fiander is the resource manager for Yakama Forest Products, and her connection to the trees has only grown.
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