UAS Land Acknowledgment
Our campuses reside on the unceded territories of the Áakʼw Ḵwáan, Taantʼá Ḵwáan, and Sheet’ká Ḵwáan on Lingít Aaní, also known as Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka Alaska, adjacent to the ancestral home of the X̱aadas and Ts’msyen peoples.
Land Acknowledgements Customized to Community
UAS Juneau Acknowledgment
Our campus resides on the unceded territory of the Áakʼw Ḵwáan on Lingít Aaní, also known as Juneau and Douglas, Alaska. We acknowledge that Lingít Peoples have been stewards of the land on which we work and reside since time immemorial, and we are grateful for that stewardship and incredible care. We also recognize that our campus is adjacent to the ancestral home of the Tʼaaḵú Ḵwáan, and houses neighboring X̱aadas and Ts’msyen peoples. We commit to serving their peoples with equity and care. We recognize the series of unjust actions that attempted to remove the Áakʼw Ḵwáan from their land, which includes forced relocations and the burning of villages. We honor the relationships that exist between Lingít, X̱aadas, and Ts’msyen peoples, and their sovereign relationships to their lands, their languages, their ancestors, and future generations. We aspire to work toward healing and liberation, recognizing our paths are intertwined in the complex histories of colonization in Alaska. We acknowledge that we arrived here by listening to the peoples/elders/lessons from the past and these stories carry us as we weave a healthier world for future generations.
UAS Juneau Email Signature
Our campus resides on the unceded territory of the Áakʼw Ḵwáan on Lingít Aaní, also known as Juneau and Douglas, Alaska, which also houses neighboring X̱aadas and Ts’msyen peoples.
UAS Sitka Acknowledgment
Our campus resides on the unceded territories of the Sheet’ká Ḵwáan on Lingít Aaní, also known as Sitka, Alaska. We acknowledge that Lingít Peoples have been stewards of the land on which we work and reside since time immemorial, and we are grateful for that stewardship and incredible care. We also recognize that our campus houses neighboring X̱aadas and Ts’msyen peoples. We commit to serving their peoples with equity and care. We recognize the series of unjust actions that attempted to remove the Sheet’ká Ḵwáan from their land, which includes forced relocations and the burning of villages. We honor the relationships that exist between Lingít, X̱aadas, and Ts’msyen peoples, and their sovereign relationships to their lands, their languages, their ancestors, and future generations. We aspire to work toward healing and liberation, recognizing our paths are intertwined in the complex histories of colonization in Alaska. We acknowledge that we arrived here by listening to the peoples/elders/lessons from the past and these stories carry us as we weave a healthier world for future generations.
UAS Sitka Email Signature
Our campus resides on the unceded territories of the Sheet’ká Ḵwáan on Lingít Aaní, also known as Sitka, Alaska, which also houses neighboring X̱aadas and Ts’msyen peoples.
UAS Ketchikan Acknowledgment
We are on Lingít Aaní (Tlingit land) and we would like to acknowledge and give honor and respect to the traditional landowners, the Taantʼá Ḵwáan and Saanya Ḵwáan Tlingit elders, and past, present and future generations. We honor the relationships that exist between Lingít, X̱aadas, and Ts’msyen peoples, and their sovereign relationships to their lands, their languages, their ancestors, and future generations.
The areas of land that UAS-Ketchikan serve include but are not limited to: Revillagigado Island, Prince of Wales and the surrounding territory such as areas as far south as Kanagunut Island to the southern shores up Portland Canal, Misty Fjords to the head waters of the Unuk river and west to Cleveland Peninsula including the smaller southern islands outlying Ketchikan such as Pennock, Gravina, Annette, Duke, Cat, Village and Dog Islands. These are the ancestral lands of the Taantʼá Ḵwáan and Saanya Ḵwáan Tlingit. Additionally, we would like to thank the Ketchikan Indian Community, Metlakatla Indian Community and Organized Village of Saxman for their ongoing commitment to the education of their next generation as Lingít, X̱aadas, and Ts’msyen people are a part of the land and have been since time immemorial. We acknowledge that we arrived here by listening to the peoples/elders/lessons from the past and these stories carry us as we weave a healthier world for future generations.
UAS Ketchikan Email Signature
Our campus resides on the unceded territories of the Taantʼá Ḵwáan and Saanya Ḵwáan on Lingít Aaní, also known as Ketchikan, Alaska, and serves Lingit, X̱aadas and Ts’msyen peoples.