Centering Indigenous Voice

We recognize that every place we walk on is Native land. As an Intertribal organization, we believe in lifting the voices of our Native communities, in telling true histories and once again stewarding the land.

Access

By restoring access to culturally significant places, we restore living connection to land for Indigenous communities, and design public spaces for all. 

National Level Leadership

Through effective leadership and governance, we build shared decision-making power for better public service and a livable earth. Willamette Falls Trust provides a space for Tribes to make collective decisions under a unified voice and engage public partners in an innovative, collaborative model that honors Tribal sovereignty, promotes self-determination, and creates equitable outcomes for all communities.

Environmental Justice and Restoration

It is our inherent responsibility to protect our land, and water to continue life on this Earth. Clean water, equal access to land, and a healthy environment is a human right. Our practices are led by Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge, built through millennia of observation and experience. Through our restoration of the Falls, we address the interconnected impacts of the health of our environment and the viability of our future. 

Healing

We aim to heal the broken relationship between people and land, between communities, and build a sense of shared responsibility in restoring our natural world. While work to protect a place can be complex, this simple, intersectional value shifts a narrative of exclusion to one that invites healing of past trauma and makes space for shared creation.