1994

The right to use Kanaka Flat on the Applegate River in the Rogue River National Forest as an area to hold the Sacred Salmon Ceremony was granted by the United States Forest.  In recent years, the ceremony has attracted visits from National Geographic, former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt and Katherine Fuller, President of the World Wildlife Fund.

2000

Oregon Historical Society, Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program

Award Recipients, 1999-2000, Native American Regalia, Master Artist, Agnes Baker Pilgrim; Apprentice, Tanya Nevarez (Aggie’s Granddaughter)

www.ohs.org/education/folklife/History-of-TAAP.cfm

2001

December 6

- Speaker, Buffett Award for Indigenous Leadership, first awards ceremony, Portland, Oregon, www.ecotrust.org/buffettaward/2001/

2002

- Southern Oregon University, a Distinguished Alumnae of the Year

- Traveled to Washington D.C. with representatives from the Siskiyou Project and the World Wildlife Fund to lobby the Oregon congressional delegation for the Siskiyou Wild Rivers National Monument.

2003

December 2

- Honoree, finalist for the 2003 Buffett Award for Indigenous Leadership, "for her cultural preservation efforts, environmental advocacy and work with Native American youth." www.ecotrust.org/buffettaward/2003/agnes_pilgrim.html

See above photo:

Gathering of Ecotrust’s Buffett Award Honorees past and present in 2004, Portland, Oregon

2004

October 10-14,  the first meeting of the International Council of the Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers in Phoenicia, New York. 

2005

June 12

- Guest Presenter, “Our Future Beyond History,” a live webcast event.  Other presenters included Julia Butterfly, Medea Benjamin, and Chellis Glendinning

www.transradio.com/future/

For more in 2005, see Blessings and News, 12/05