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Growing Number of Cities Weigh Tribal ‘Land Acknowledgements’
A tribal land acknowledgement adopted in Tempe, Arizona, recognizes that the landscape in and around the city including Papago Park in Phoenix, pictured are sacred to the O Odham and Piipaash, two tribes with long histories in the region. In Arizona and other states, some local governments are formally recognizing Native American connections to lands.
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Doreen Garlid, a first-term city councilmember in Tempe, Arizona, pinched her leg under the table to keep from weeping as she read a Jan. 14 resolution into the record. The unusual resolution, popularly known as a land acknowledgement, declared that Tempe sits on traditional O Odham and Piipaash lands and celebrates the contributions the two tribes made to the region.
Two bridges crossing Tempe Town Lake near Mill Avenue.
In January, the city of Tempe officially recognized its land as the homeland of Native American tribes who originally inhabited the area.
Many of Tempe’s museums and art exhibits depict the rich history of Native American culture. The city is now acknowledging that the O’Odham and Piipaash tribes and their ancestors were the first inhabitants of the land.
Tempe Councilwoman Doreen Garlid was one of the city officials who helped facilitate the acknowledgement. I spoke to a number of people in the local Native nations, and it was moving to them because they’ve felt like they were sometimes considered a down the line of people in this community and not always recognized. And now, here, there is an official recognition from the city that they live in or they live next to and they cried, Garlid said.
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