Land Acknowledgement Circle

Indigibits

What’s up with Willamette Falls?

In 2024, the Land Acknowledgement Circle (LAC) is focusing on water and history from a local Native perspective. This bit is an update on two Willamette Falls projects, and another downriver project at OMSI. 

tumwata village

Willamette Falls access plans: tumwata village by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde (CTGR): tumwata village project (east side).

Willamette Falls Inter-Tribal Public Access Project

Willamette Falls Inter-Tribal Public Access project by the NW tribes affiliation: Willamette Legacy Project (west side).

This OPB article from March, 2022 tells about the inter-tribal friction that led to separate Willamette Falls projects: Grand Ronde tribes pull out of Willamette Falls partnership.

OMSI Project: Center for Tribal Nations

June, 2024 — Center for Tribal Nations to Transform Portland Waterfront: Center for Tribal Nations-OMSI project

And finally, for pre-settler history of the Chinookan people of Willamette Falls, see the new Native History Collection located under the check-out counter in the Rose Villa Library: Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia, 2015 pgs. 310-314