We acknowledge that we are settlers on unceded, forcefully taken traditional land of various tribal groups. The Miwok, the Nisenan, and the Maidu peoples have all stewarded this land for generations. We honor with gratitude the land itself and the Native Peoples, past and present. This acknowledgement only becomes meaningful when combined with accountable relationships and informed actions. This is only the FIRST STEP in honoring the land we are on and the original People who stewarded it. The land acknowledgement was never meant to end here: it is an introduction. Anyone can acknowledge whose land you are on and weave in what that means to a specific event you are conducting. This acknowledgement calls on all of us to end Indigenous erasure and engage with Native people in meaningful ways. LAND BACK