Land Acknowledgement
Vancouver Bee Project would like to acknowledge the people whose ancestral lands we are serving on today. Prior to the introduction of white, European settlers to the area we currently know as Clark County, this land was cared for and stewarded by indigenous peoples for thousands of years.
At the time that colonization began, this area of southwest Washington was occupied primarily by the Chinook and Cowlitz tribes. Additionally, countless tribes from across the Pacific Northwest came to these lands by using the Columbia River and its adjoining waterways as an intricate network of trade routes.
Let us pay our respects to these peoples, both past and present, by coming together and stewarding the past legacies of the great natural areas which once dominated this region. But acknowledgement without action is meaningless.
For additional resources on Northwest indigenous tribes, please visit: