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Granite Falls board adopts proclamations recognizing Indigenous Peoples' Day and Orange Shirt Day
Summary
The Granite Falls School District board unanimously approved two proclamations at its Sept. 24 meeting recognizing Indigenous Peoples' Day and Orange Shirt Day/Indian Boarding School Awareness Day.
The Granite Falls School District Board of Directors unanimously approved two proclamations at its Sept. 24 meeting recognizing Indigenous Peoples' Day and Orange Shirt Day/Indian Boarding School Awareness Day.
The board voted to adopt Resolution 25-26-03, recognizing the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples' Day, and Resolution 25-26-04, proclaiming Sept. 30, 2025, as Orange Shirt Day/Indian Boarding School Awareness Day in the district.
The Indigenous Peoples' Day proclamation notes the long history of Coast Salish peoples in the Snohomish County region, cites local Lushootseed place names and stewardship of rivers and forests, and references state legislation (noted in the draft as "SB 5,433") requiring instruction about Washington’s federally recognized tribes. The Orange Shirt Day proclamation describes the history of Indian residential boarding schools in the United States and Canada and encourages staff, students and community members to wear orange and engage in learning and reflection on Sept. 30.
Both resolutions were read aloud during the meeting and formally moved, seconded and approved by voice vote without recorded roll-call of individual votes. The board president called for the question on each resolution and the motion passed by unanimous voice vote.
The proclamations were presented during a portion of the agenda devoted to district resolutions. Board members did not record extended debate on either resolution in the meeting transcript; both items proceeded from reading to immediate vote. The Indigenous Peoples' Day text as presented in the meeting referenced "SB 5,433" (as read at the meeting) as the statutory requirement for teaching tribal history, government and contemporary issues.
The board also approved the consent agenda by unanimous consent later in the meeting; no items on the consent agenda were discussed during the public meeting.
The actions taken were procedural proclamations and do not in themselves change district policy or curricula; the resolutions encourage observance and learning and reference existing statutory requirements as quoted in the proclamations.
