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San Diego City Council adopts resolution acknowledging Kumeyaay as original inhabitants

San Diego City Council · June 10, 2024
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Summary

The City Council unanimously adopted a resolution directing a land acknowledgment be included in official meeting agendas and ceremonies and read the statement recognizing the Kumeyaay Nation as the original inhabitants of the unceded land now called San Diego.

San Diego City Council unanimously approved a resolution on June 10 directing that a land acknowledgment recognizing the Kumeyaay Nation be included in the council’s official meeting agendas and public ceremonies. Council President Ilo Rivera read the adopted acknowledgement, which honors the Kumeyaay as the original stewards of the region and recognizes the resilience of their people despite “the horrors of genocide and colonization.”

Mary Ann Osmond, deputy chief of staff and director of community empowerment for the…

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