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IPRTF considers updated Lummi-approved land acknowledgment, seeks Coast Salish inclusivity
Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force and Law and Justice Council · November 24, 2025
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Summary
Task force co-chair Heather Flaherty proposed updating the group's land-acknowledgment language with a Lummi Indian Business Council statement adopted in 2021 and to consult tribes about wording that also includes Nooksack and broader Coast Salish peoples.
Heather Flaherty raised a proposal to revise the IPRTF's land-acknowledgment by using language adopted by the Lummi Indian Business Council in 2021 and recommended tribal consultation prior to formal adoption.
Flaherty read the Lummi-adopted text and said the resolution provides a template for schools, government…
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