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What do we believe?
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Valdez Adventure Alliance (VAA) seeks to improve quality of life through equitable access to outdoor recreation resources, education, and events.
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We promote community development through outdoor experiences and events that improve physical and mental health.
We develop, improve, maintain, and manage outdoor recreation infrastructure.
We implement education and activities in environmental stewardship, skills, and safety.
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We advocate for increasing access and participation in outdoor recreation for everyone, including under-represented populations.
Land Acknowledgment
We respectfully acknowledge that we live, work, and play on the ancestral lands of this region’s native peoples. These lands were stewarded for thousands of years by the Chugach Alutiiq/Sugpiat and Ahtna people.
In Sugt’stun - the language of the Sugpiat - this area is traditionally called Suacit
“people of the place that rises into view.”
Suacit and the surrounding Prince William Sound provided a bountiful harvest for the native peoples and played an integral role as an overland trade route that linked Interior Alaska to Prince William Sound.
We acknowledge the painful history of colonization and the resilience of the indigenous residents who still live here today. We are grateful to the ancient and current Indigenous stewards of this land.
Quyanaasinaq
Tsin'aen
AwA’ahdah
Thank you.