Indigenous Lands Acknowledgement

The GACC has adopted by community vote the following Indigenous Lands Acknowledgement, which now appears in every issue of the monthly Avenues newsletter, and in the footer of every GACC web page. 

IndigenousStatement

The official online presence of each of the tribes acknowledged above can be seen here:

Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation https://www.nwbshoshone.com/
Piute Indian Tribe of Utah https://pitu.gov/
Goshute Tribe https://ctgr.us/home/
Ute Indian Tribe http://www.utetribe.com/

 

We invite those who are interested to use these additional resources to learn more about the Indigenous Peoples of the area we now call home:

U.S. Department of Arts and Culture: https://usdac.us/nativeland

Indigenous Ally Toolkit (Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy Network): https://reseaumtlnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Ally_March.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_Utah                         

https://www.visitutah.com/things-to-do/History-Culture/tribal-cultures

https://indian.utah.gov/tribal-nations/

https://www.uen.org/americanindian/tribes/index.shtml

https://www.utahhumanities.org/stories/items/show/172

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahvant

https://thehistoryjunkie.com/pahvant-utes-facts-and-history/

http://genealogytrails.com/utah/state/natam/utes.html

https://www.utahhumanities.org/stories/items/show/172

An interactive Indigenous Peoples map is here https://native-land.ca/

Another map is here with good educational resources also https://www.history.utah.gov/native-places-an-indigenous-atlas-of-utah-and-the-intermountain-west/

A google earth map is here https://utahindians.org/Curriculum/maps.php


Please email  if you have any suggestions for content on our Indigenous Lands Acknowledgement web page.