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Assembly agrees to introduce land-acknowledgement ordinance; debate over who should read it
Summary
The assembly voted to put a land-acknowledgement ordinance up for introduction next week and discussed whether the statement should be read by an assembly member/mayor or by invited representatives from Native organizations.
The assembly set a land-acknowledgement ordinance for introduction next week and held an extended discussion on who should read the statement at regular meetings.
Assemblymembers and members of the public who spoke in the work session described two competing approaches: (1) have the governing body read a short, consistent statement as an institutional acknowledgement, or (2) invite local Native people, tribal organizations or museum staff to present an acknowledgement or prayer at meetings when available.
Assemblymember Jared Griffin urged the assembly to own the statement as an institutional act. "We should be the ones acknowledging the…
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