As recommended by Tony Incashola and Thompson Smith and the Séliš-Ql̓ispé Cultural Committee and Emily Armstrong of the City of Missoula Community Development Division.
“We, as members of the housing system in Missoula, acknowledge that we are in the homelands of the Salish and Kalispel people. Today, we offer our respect for their history and culture, for their ancient and continuing presence in this landscape, and for the path they have shown us in caring for this place for the generations to come.”