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We acknowledge the Portland area, including the Beaumont-Wilshire neighborhood, sits on the traditional lands of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other indigenous peoples, and a land acknowledgment recognizes this history.  

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We honor this land and its original inhabitants from time immemorial. Signers of the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855, they were removed from their homelands to the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation. Their descendants live on as Grand Ronde Tribal members today, carrying on the traditions and cultures of their ancestors. (This wording is written and approved directly by the Grand Ronde Tribal Council.)
You can read more about the Grand Ronde Tribe here:
https://www.grandronde.org/history-culture/history/our-story

 

Furthermore, we acknowledge many neighborhoods in Portland were formerly thriving Black communities from the early 1900s until the 1960s, destroyed by institutionally sanctioned racism. You can read and watch more about the history of North Albina here:
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/albina-portland-1870/