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Ketchikan Indian Community Land Acknowledgement
The lands and waters that surround us are not separate from who we are — they are a living part of our identity, history, and responsibility. Our ancestors’ names are carried in these places. As Haida, Tlingit, and Tsimshian peoples, we belong to this land, and we have since time immemorial.
These lands hold the stories, teachings, and lifeways of our ancestors, and they continue to sustain our people today. With that connection comes a responsibility to protect, honor, and care for the land and the people of these places, now and for generations to come.
Ketchikan Indian Community respectfully acknowledges that our campus is located on Tlingit Aaní, the ancestral and unceded homelands of the Taanta Kwaan, specifically the Ganax̱ádi Clan. We honor and give thanks to the Elders —past and present — who have stewarded this land, upheld cultural knowledge, and carried our people forward. We also recognize the generations yet to come, who will inherit this land and our shared responsibility to care for it. Haw’aa.