Multnomah County renames Sauvie Island bridge to honor Indigenous community oregonlive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from oregonlive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Multnomah County Board voted unanimously to approve a resolution to rename the Sauvie Island Bridge to honor the island’s Native American communities and history.
Multnomah County commissioners voted Thursday to advance a plan to rename the Sauvie Island Bridge to more accurately reflect the indigenous population that first inhabited the area. Multnomah County owns the bridge connecting NW St. Helens Rd. to the island, while the island itself is owned by the state of Oregon. “As white settlers forcibly stole the land and waterways, they used the languages and names of their choices to reflect the story that they.