A BARN discussion with the Executive Director (WU-559)

BARN Executive Director, Denise Dumouchel, joins us on What’s Up Bainbridge. She talks about the many things that have been happening at BARN during the covid-19 down time and the important connections to the Bainbridge Island community.

Abby Wyatt2020-09-15T22:50:49-07:00September 15, 2020|

Land Acknowledgment

“Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished.” – Chief Seattle 1854

We would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is within the ancestral territory of the suq̀ʷabš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suq̀ʷabš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suq̀ʷabš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors.