For the first time ever, Southwestern College leaders and Native American community members gathered on Tuesday to raise a flag honoring the Kumeyaay/Diegueño.
For decades, tribal fire departments have responded to fires or accidents off their reservations under a mutual aid agreement with the county.
But last month, the county notified the tribes that it was going to terminate those agreements and replace them with one that would require the tribes to relinguish some of their sovereign immunity by removing limits to their legal liability.
Native community members say last week’s raising of the Kumeyaay-Diegueño Nation flag at San Diego Unified’s headquarters is an important step toward further embracing its indigenous students, but more work is needed.
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