Acknowledging the Original Caretakers of this Land

NetRaising acknowledges that the land on which we were founded, and which we occupy, rests on traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River creating communities and summer encampments to harvest and use the plentiful natural resources of the area. We humbly and respectfully thank the original caretakers of this land.

To learn more about Portland’s diverse and vibrant native community, please read Leading with Tradition, a document created by the Portland Indian Leaders Roundtable. Leading-with-Tradition.pdf

We’ve also found this interactive, work-in-progress map of Indigenous lands by Native Land Digital to be a helpful and educational visual tool.