City of Bainbridge Island Ethics Board

Doña Keating and Rafael Escandon from the City of Bainbridge Island Ethics Board join host Robert Ross to discuss the Board, its purpose, how it is organized and managed and its importance to the community.

Edited by Keith Doughty

Abby Wyatt2025-04-10T16:23:51-07:00April 10, 2025|

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.