Washington Explorer Search and Rescue Kitsap Unit acknowledges that the land on which we train and search is within the ancestral territory of the suq ̀ʷabš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suq ̀ʷabš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suq ̀ʷabš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors for future generations as promised by the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855.
Washington Explorer Search and Rescue Kitsap Unit acknowledges that the land on which we train and search is within the ancestral territory of The Port Gamble S’Klallams, the “Strong People.” For thousands of years, the Port Gamble S’Klallam lived in seasonal and permanent villages extending across and beyond the borders of the Olympic Peninsula. The Port Gamble S’Klallam hunted, fished, and gathered from north of the San Juans, south into the Olympics, west into the Straits of Juan De Fuca, and east into the Hood Canal. The story of the Port Gamble S’Klallams is long and is still being written. After everything around them is gone, they will continue to be the Strong People.
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