Skate Khunamokwst

You’re looking at a new Evergreen Skateparks skate spot that is included the brand new K^hunamokwst Park being built in the Cully neighborhood of NE Portland. What is a K^hunamokwst? It’s a Chniook wawa word that means “together.” It’s actually the first park in Portland’s system that has an indigenous name, and has a fairly routine pronunciation. The larger park is scheduled to open in Spring of 2015, and although the skate spot should be completed much sooner, it seems unlikely that the fences will come down to allow skating before the whole park is finished.

K^hunamokwst Park. That “h” should be a superscript.