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Durango council opens special meeting with indigenous land acknowledgment
Summary
The Durango City Council opened its July 21 special meeting with an indigenous land acknowledgment naming multiple tribal nations and urging reconciliation and accountable relationships.
The Durango City Council began its July 21 special meeting with an indigenous land acknowledgment that named multiple tribal nations and called for education and reconciliation.
"This is a call to honor and respect indigenous sovereignty and self determination," the reader stated. The acknowledgment named ancestral homelands and territorial connections to several nations, urged awareness of historical injustices including broken treaties and boarding school legacies, and said the acknowledgement "only becomes meaningful when combined with accountable relationships and informed actions."
The council moved on to its agenda after the acknowledgment and the roll call.
