Land Acknowledgment: You're on California Indian Land, Now What?

Educator toolkit provided by: 

California Indian Culture & Sovereignty Center 

CSU San Marcos American Indian Studies

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The purpose of the toolkit is to encourage all academic staff, students, administrators to acknowledge the original nations on whose land we live, learn, and work. We approach out work through an indigenous epistemology, committed to the core values of the California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center (CICSC) and American Indian Studies (AIS):

*Responsibility

*Reciprocity

*Respect

*Relationships

The creation of the toolkit was a collaborative process from the outset, as California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center and American Indian Studies does not see itself as a the designated entity to determine land claims. We perceive ourselves as accountable to the sovereign tribal nations of our region. This land acknowledgement was developed in partnership with Palomar College American Indian Studies department with comprehensive tribal consultation and approval by Southern California Tribal Chairman’s Association on June 28, 2019.