Lands and Practices Acknowledgment – The Survivorship Collective

At The Survivorship Collective, we honor the ancestral lands where our work takes place. In Oregon, we acknowledge the Kalapuya, Chinook, Molalla, and other Indigenous peoples who have long stewarded the valleys and forests. In Colorado, we recognize the Ute, Arapaho, Cheyenne, and the many Native nations connected to the plains and mountains.

We offer our respect to their elders past and present—and to all Indigenous peoples who continue to protect land, language, and tradition despite ongoing colonization and displacement.

We also acknowledge that many of the healing practices that inspire and inform our work—such as ceremony, connection to nature, community-based healing, and reverence for the unseen—have roots in Indigenous traditions from around the world. While our work is grounded in regulated, trauma-informed care and is not a replication of any Indigenous medicine path, we recognize the deep wisdom held in these ways of knowing.

We commit to approaching our work with humility, transparency, and respect. We do not claim these practices as our own, but we honor the lineages they come from and the people who continue to carry them forward.

We invite all who participate with us to enter this space with reverence for the land, gratitude for the traditions that inform our healing, and a commitment to care—for ourselves, each other, and the living earth we share.ut.