Land Acknowledgement

We recognize the Indigenous peoples as the original stewards of the land, water, plants, and animals who called these places home; and it is important to recognize that we are here because of the painful history of genocide and forced removal from these territories. In remembering these communities, we honor their legacy, their lives, and their descendants.

We acknowledge the stolen land on which we sit and we occupy rests on the ancestral lands and traditional territories of multiple tribal nations, including:

• The unceded land, traditional territories and ancestral homelands of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Nations. This area was also the site of trade, hunting, gathering, and healing for many other Native Nations: The Lakota, Ute, Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Shoshone, and others. (Denver, Colorado)

• The unceded and non-federally recognized land belongs to the Chumash and Gabrielino-Tongva, and Kizh Nations. (Los Angeles, California)

• The unceded land and former village sites of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River (Portland, Oregon)

• The unceded, stolen lands of the Anacostans (also documented as Nacotchtank), and neighbor the ancestral lands of the Piscataway and Pamunkey peoples. (Washington, District of Columbia)

To donate to a land back group called the Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy working to create a community center for Indigenous people, maintain cultural practices, have space for traditional Ceremony, work on language revitalization, provide housing for Indigenous elders, and archive community documents. You can do so here: https://tongva.land/

To contribute to this Land Acknowledgement, or share groups to donate for land back, please use our Contact form to submit your statement.