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With deep indebtedness to the first inhabitants and First Peoples of this region—Monacan, Manahoac, Patawomeck, Haudenosaunee, Sioux, Iroquois, Algonquin, and all who called this land home.

As stewards of the land–past, present, and future–may each of us be a seed in the soil and grow to do good in the world.