The Siwash Kids

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About the Community

  • Forming
  • Rural

What we do

It’s peaceful here in the Okanogan Highlands. Three humans, six goats, two dogs, three cats, and about thirty chickens. We live in campers, use solar, haul water, and catch rain. We spend a surprising amount of time hauling water around. Buckets for toilets.

Creative people are welcome. We like building things and growing things.

We are setting up a local alternative currency network and we are active at the community garden in town 20 minutes away.

John is an Enneagram 9, Laura is a 5, and Steven is a 4. Our ages range from 37 to 73. That’s probably enough about us.

If you want to visit, please know that temperatures can range from 110+ to 30 below. We’re at 1800 feet elevation, and changes are sometimes swift! It’s beautiful though.

We welcome humans of all ages from all ethnic backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.

Our Vision

We raise livestock, and we do sometimes cull and eat animals that we raise. Slaughter is done with respect and care, and only as the need arises. We do not raise any animals for this sole purpose. Visitors are welcome to observe and participate if they approach the process with sobriety, respect, and the willingness to be involved in all aspects of caring for the animals during their lives as well as the processing, food production, and cleanup after they are slaughtered.

Our Mission

We raise livestock, and we do sometimes cull and eat animals that we raise. Slaughter is done with respect and care, and only as the need arises. We do not raise any animals for this sole purpose. Visitors are welcome to observe and participate if they approach the process with sobriety, respect, and the willingness to be involved in all aspects of caring for the animals during their lives as well as the processing, food production, and cleanup after they are slaughtered.

  • Community type
  • Cohousing
  • Ecovillage
  • Commune
  • Activities
  • Services Business
  • 3 Total members
  • Open to new members
  • Open to visitors
  • Open to volunteers
Total
3

How to join

Stay with us for six months to one year and we’ll see how it goes.

Basic expectations or agreements for members

If you would like to visit, please text or email. We want to get to know you a little bit first. Include your name and where you’re coming from in your first message. It’s not possible to plan visits in the winter.

Primary decision-making authority

  • Small Leadership Group

A few people (not elected by the broader community) make the major decisions.

Governance structure

  • Representative/Democratic

Members elect leaders who make decisions within defined roles.

Economic model

  • Partial Income-Sharing

Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.

Economic scenarios for this community

  • There is a labor obligation

Additional economic information

Labor required: 7 hours/week
Members with pre-existing debt: Yes

Shared resources and amenities that are accessible to everyone in the community

Garden(s), Outdoor Kitchen, Internet

Frequency of communal meals

  • 2-5 times per week

Substance use culture

  • Substance use occurs primarily at celebrations or ceremonies

Property status

  • Privately owned

Property owner

  • By several individuals through an LLC or a Tenancy In Common agreement

Setting

  • Rural

Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.

Self-produced energy

  • 33 - 66%

Energy sources used

  • Wind
  • Photovoltaic Solar

Self-produced food

  • Up to 33%
  • Land area size
    20 acres

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Location

  • Washington, United States

The Siwash Kids

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