Land Acknowledgement

Land Acknowledgment Proposal for Aberdeen School District

Revised as of 03/26/2023

Aberdeen School District honors the ancestors and pays respect to the elders, past and present, of all Salish Peoples of this land, who have occupied these lands since time immemorial. We would like to express our deepest respect and gratitude towards these original and current caretakers of the region, and to our Native students, staff and faculty, past and present, as well as support and respect their presence and valuable contributions into the future. Aberdeen School District is exclusively located on the ancestral Homeland of the  Quinault & Chehalis, but to honor the families and registered students within our district, we give respect and will honor all local tribal lands. We acknowledge all our regional tribes as the Salish First Nations people for their care and use of our local rivers & bays, to mark the lands where our School District is located. We would like to acknowledge our responsibility to establish and maintain relationships with our closest Native Tribe, the Quinault Indian Nation, and all the Pacific Northwest Nations and Native peoples, in support of their sovereignty and the inclusion of their voices in the teaching and learning process.

Annotated Bibliography

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Dall, W. H. (1876). Map showing the distribution of the Indian tribes of Washington Territory compiled from the latest authorities to illustrate a paper by the late Geo. Gibbs by W. H. Dall, U.S. coast survey 1876. digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved October 11, 2022, from https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/maps/id/183/

Native American tribes in Washington State. Olympic Peninsula Community Museum - Native American Tribes in Washington State Map. (n.d.). Retrieved October 11, 2022, from https://content.lib.washington.edu/cmpweb/resources/map-tribes.html

Our mission. Chehalis Basin Fisheries Task Force. (n.d.). Retrieved October 11, 2022, from http://www.cbftf.com/

Suttles, W. (1990). Maps: American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection: Retrieved October 11, 2022, from https://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/maps.html

Wilma, D. (2006, May 5). Grays Harbor County -- thumbnail history. Grays Harbor County -- Thumbnail History. Retrieved October 11, 2022, from https://www.historylink.org/file/7766#:~:text=The%20original%20residents%20of%20what,Satsop%2C%20Wynoochee%2C%20and%20Copalis.