North Carolina
Land Acknowledgement
by Symphony Oxendine
This land acknowledgment is to pay respect and honor the elders of the Indigenous People and Nations both past and present.
This land acknowledgment is to pay respect and honor the elders of the Indigenous People and Nations both past and present.
UNCW is a public university of the UNC System which is dedicated to the service of North Carolina and its people. Part of UNCWs mission is a commitment to student engagement, creative inquiry, critical thinking, thoughtful expression, and responsible citizenship.
UNCW is a public university of the UNC System which is dedicated to the service of North Carolina and its people. Part of UNCWs mission is a commitment to student engagement, creative inquiry, critical thinking, thoughtful expression, and responsible citizenship.
Our university values are diversity and globalization, ethics and integrity, and excellence and innovation. As such we have a responsibility to acknowledge the historical and present-day context in which our state and institution exists. We will begin this event with a land acknowledgement in order to remind ourselves and our community of how much we benefit from the land we occupy and to build mutual respect and connection.
Our university values are diversity and globalization, ethics and integrity, and excellence and innovation. As such we have a responsibility to acknowledge the historical and present-day context in which our state and institution exists. We will begin this event with a land acknowledgement in order to remind ourselves and our community of how much we benefit from the land we occupy and to build mutual respect and connection.
We would like to acknowledge that the University of North Carolina Wilmington is located on the traditional territory of the Catawba People and has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst many Indigenous peoples for over 12,000 years. We honor and respect the diverse Indigenous peoples connected to this territory that we now occupy, and what is now defined as the state of North Carolina, including the Coharie, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi Saponi, Haliwa Saponi, Waccamaw Siouan, Sappony, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee.
We would like to acknowledge that the University of North Carolina Wilmington is located on the traditional territory of the Catawba People and has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst many Indigenous peoples for over 12,000 years. We honor and respect the diverse Indigenous peoples connected to this territory that we now occupy, and what is now defined as the state of North Carolina, including the Coharie, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi Saponi, Haliwa Saponi, Waccamaw Siouan, Sappony, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee.
Please take a moment to consider the many legacies of violence, dispossession, displacement, migration, and settlement that bring us together here today (USDAC, n.d.).
Please take a moment to consider the many legacies of violence, dispossession, displacement, migration, and settlement that bring us together here today (USDAC, n.d.).