Land Acknowledgment

A long time ago, before Puget Sound was carved out by glaciers, when the mountains were young, and when the ancient forests were just seeding,  the First People inhabited this land. Before European contact, the Native Tribes included the dxdewabS, (Duwamish - the Inside People) from Seattle to Kent, the sUupabS (Green River People - Auburn to its headwaters) and the spalkoabS (White River People - from Auburn its headwaters). We acknowledge and honor those who were here before European contact whose land we now live on.

Find out more:

https://ais.washington.edu/nations-and-tribes-washington-state

https://americanindiancoc.org/native-american-tribes-the-indian-history-in-snohomish-washington/

http://puyallup-tribe.com/

https://snohomishtribe.org/

https://blueheroncanoe.wpcomstaging.com/

The Greater Kent Historical Society joins our local and national cities in

honoring our Korean and Korean American community members. In 2005,

the U.S. Senate and House unanimous supported the goals and

aspirations of Korean American Day. In 2007, former Gov. Chris Gregoire

signed the Korean Day bill to recognize the cultural and economic

achievements by Washington State’s Korean Americans.

The GKHS also honors and recognizes the important contributions made

as business owners, military service members, faith leaders, medical

experts, and elected officials. The Korean American community has

enhanced the greater Kent community through humanitarian work, the arts,

literature, culture and traditions.