Land Acknowledgements
ҹAV acknowledges the traditional lands where our offices are located. We express gratitude and honor the ancestral knowledge of the Indigenous stewards of these lands through our mission and into the future as we empower ҹAV.
University of ҹAV Anchorage
UAA recognizes and values our unique location in Southcentral ҹAV, the ancestral lands of the Dena'ina, Ahtna, Alutiiq/Sugpiaq and Eyak/dAXunhyuu Peoples.
Dena'ina land acknowledgment: Dena'inaq ełnenaq' gheshtnu ch'q'u yeshdu. "I live and work on the land of the Dena'ina."
Translation: Helen Dick, Sondra Shaginoff-Stuart, Joel Isaak.
University of ҹAV Fairbanks
We acknowledge the ҹAV Native nations upon whose ancestral lands our campuses reside. In Fairbanks, our Troth Yeddha' Campus is located on the ancestral lands of the Dena people of the lower Tanana River.
University of ҹAV Southeast
Our campuses reside on the unceded territories of the Áakʼw Ḵwáan, Taantʼá Ḵwáan, and Sheet’ká Ḵwáan on Lingít Aaní, also known as Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka ҹAV, adjacent to the ancestral home of the X̱aadas and Ts’msyen peoples.
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