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A sacred site for the Duwamish people for thousands of years, líq’tәd has served as a place for indigenous ceremonies, healing, prayer and for its namesake red iron oxide.

Líq’tәd is also one of only a handful of landmarks that is not a building or structure.

Workman says protecting spaces like líq’tәd keeps that “continuous memory” alive.

Honoring spaces like líq’tәd helps keep visible the Native people to whom a great debt is owed and who have been and always will be an intrinsic part of our community.

Valipour has developed his own ornate style of the Farsi calligraphy scripts nasta'liq and shikaste, through which he seeks to embody the meaning behind a line of poetry through color, composition and artistry.