![]() We acknowledge that these injustices are true here and also for indigenous communities around the globe, like the First Peoples of Mauna Kea, Papua and New Zealand, just to name a few. We gather here knowing that our presence is part of an ongoing invasion and that these lands were and continue to be forcibly and unlawfully taken from their original indigenous inhabitants. We recognize that the privilege of our campus being on the land on which we now stand comes at great cost to the Coast Salish peoples. Umatilla tribe bases land-management strategy on preserving foods. Prior to the onslaught of the Europeans, the Puget Sound area was one of the most heavily populated regions north of Mexico City. ![]() with 29 federally recognized tribes represented, as well as several unrecognized tribes. Salmon Culture of the Pacific Northwest Tribes. The state of Washington has the 7th largest Native American population in the U.S. In 1854, the Medicine Creek Treaty forcibly removed them from their lands and onto the Puyallup reservation. The Puyallup tribe, a member of the Coast Salish tribal peoples have called this area home since time immemorial. We are so fortunate that TCC is located on the ancestral territory of First Nations peoples. ![]() Promised was the continuation of a way of life, inextricably tied to hunting, fishing and gathering in the lands and waters of their traditional territories. Land acknowledgment (approved by the Office of EDI) For many Native people of the Pacific Northwest, fishing this river and others is a right reserved by their ancestors in treaties signed with the U.S. Native Americans in US, Canada, and the Far North. People of Cascadia - Pacific Northwest Native American History. Tacoma Community College Land Acknowledgment Reviewed by tribal members and cultural experts, and approved for school social studies. ![]()
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