Alexis Hopkins acknowledges, with humility and respect, the land we stand on and profit from today was first inhabited by the People of the Salish Sea, specifically the Lhaq ‘temish (LOCK-tuh-mish) – Lummi and Nuxwsá7aq – Nooksack as well as the many other Salishan families who shared ancestorial homelands and waterways of Whatcom County and the Salish Sea. We have a moral obligation to acknowledge the history of colonialism, including the intended genocide of Indigenous peoples. I offer this land acknowledgement as a first step and a call for further learning and action of myself and others.