Today I offer deep gratitude and acknowledge the land of the Coast Salish tribes, including the Duwamish and Muckleshoot tribes, who’s ancestral lands I live on, work on, hold ceremony, am held by, cultivate, enjoy and today call Burien. Ajo & Ase 🙏🏾⚱️
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This in an excerpt from a Burien Magazine article on 3/2021 by Emily Inlow-Hood: A land acknowledgment is a “formal statement that recognizes the unique and enduring relationship that exists between Indigenous Peoples and their traditional territories.” Land acknowledgments are not a new practice but are a traditional custom that dates back centuries for many Native communities and nations. “For non-Indigenous communities, land acknowledgement is a powerful way of showing respect and honoring the Indigenous Peoples of the land on which we work and live. Acknowledgement is a simple way of resisting the erasure of Indigenous histories and working towards honoring and inviting the truth.”

❓Want to learn more?
The Highline Heritage Museum @highlineheritagemuseum has information about local Indigenous history and has plans to expand that area of their collection. You can also learn more directly from the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center @duwamishtribe and Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, who are the best narrators of their own history.

Read the article here:
https://magazine.burienwa.gov/honoring-with-gratitude-acknowledging-traditional-lands-of-coast-salish-peoples/

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