Washington state is mostly comprised of land forms such as mountains, forests, and tundras. This is because of the cold weather that Washington receives, since the longitude is near the North Pole.
The feelings of the indigenous people tend to vary a lot about this topic.
Some of the indigenous people are very hostile to any foreigners in their land, so they would not hesitate to attack, and even in some cases kill.
There are some that feel it as an usurpation of their daily lives, and do not see the tourists very fondly, but are not making any real problems, just avoiding contact.
And there are some indigenous people that actually saw a nice opportunity to modernize and make a profit of the tourists, so they are using their survival skills in the wild in their advantage, and they are very welcoming towards the tourists and encourage them to come.
It slowly makes the ground softer making it easier for it to dissolve
