As a daughter of the Korean diaspora, a cultural geographer, and an herbalist, I recognize the vital importance of relationship and reciprocity with ancestral land.

I wish to acknowledge and honor the Original Peoples of the land that I now call home—the 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.

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