Confluence Project
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The Confluence Project is a series of outdoor installations and interpretive artworks located in public parks along the Columbia River and its tributaries in the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. Each art installation explores the confluence of history, culture and ecology of the Columbia River system.<ref name="NYT">Template:Cite news</ref> The project draws on the region's history, including Native American traditional stories and entries from the Lewis and Clark Expedition journals, to "evoke a landscape and a way of life submerged in time and memory."<ref name=shape>Template:Cite news</ref> The project reaches from the mouth of the Columbia River to Hells Canyon.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Artist Maya Lin designed installations that followed the path of Lewis and Clark through the Columbia River Basin. Lin collaborated with landscape architects, such as Johnpaul Jones, to produce earthen works that helped restore natural environments. Each artwork was based on traditions grounded in Native American cultures and drew text from Lewis and Clark's journals.<ref name="NYT"/>
Confluence is a community supported nonprofit 501(C)(3) based in Vancouver, Washington, incorporated in 2002. The mission is to connect people to the history, living cultures, and ecology of the Columbia River system through Indigenous voices.
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- Cape Disappointment State Park, Ilwaco, Washington<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Vancouver, Washington (in planning stages)
- Vancouver Land Bridge at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Vancouver, Washington<ref>Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)</ref> (completed in 2008)
- Sacajawea State Park, Pasco, Washington<ref>Sacajawea State Park Template:Webarchive</ref> (completed in 2010)
- Chief Timothy Park, Clarkston, Washington<ref>Confluence Project: project sites</ref> (scheduled for completion in Spring 2015)
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- Sandy River Delta Bird Blind<ref>Confluence Project: project sites: Sandy River Delta</ref> (completed in 2008)
- Celilo Falls (scheduled for completion in 2016)<ref name=OregonianFogarty>Template:Cite news</ref>