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Los Angeles council chambers read adopted land acknowledgement, honors tribal firefighters and calls to restore Indigenous stewardship
Summary
Councilmember Padilla opened a Native American Heritage Month program in Los Angeles City Hall on Nov. 7, inviting tribal leaders to the dais and prompting Councilmember Rodriguez to read a City Council–adopted land acknowledgement naming the Quiche, Tongva, Tataviam and Chumash peoples.
Councilmember Padilla opened a Native American Heritage Month program in Los Angeles City Hall on Nov. 7, inviting tribal leaders and commission members to the dais and asking Chief Red Blood Anthony Morales of the Gabrielino Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians to offer a traditional welcome and opening prayer.
Councilmember Rodriguez read a council-adopted land acknowledgement in the chamber, saying, “The city of Los Angeles recognizes that we occupy land originally and still inhabited and cared for by the Quiche, Tongva, Tataviam, and Chumash peoples,” and adding that the acknowledgement commits the city to “truth, healing, and reconciliation.”
Sean Umitatstag, chair of the Los Angeles City-County Native American Indian Commission, outlined the…
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