Land Acknowledgment

Action Plan to Support Indigenous Communities

• We have included an Honor Tax as a line item in our annual budget. Please click here if you are interested in learning more or participating in an Honor Tax

• We are committed to utilizing Wiyot language for places, animals, and plants in our planning documents

• We will make a land acknowledgement during all internal and external meetings and encourage our partners and associates to consider an Honor Tax and to use Native Placenames

• We have begun and will continue to identify and allocate funding to hire cultural bearers to support land development and program design

• A section of land at Sorrel Leaf Healing Center will be utilized and maintained as a place to grow basket materials and Sagittaria (Indian Potatoes) for use by our Indigenous partners

• Native hedgerows and plants will be used in our landscape design to provide habitat and food for wildlife

• Traditional knowledge and cultural practices will be shared and practiced on the land 

• We are committed to providing culturally specific programming and prioritization for Native youth services 

• We are committed to sharing updates and links centering indigenous organizations and the work of local tribal communities

• We will offer a voting seat on the Board of Directors for Wiyot representation

• An annual review of these commitments will occur each January to assess our follow through and we will publish these results 

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Our land acknowledgement and action plan were developed with support from the following resources:

• Beyond Land Acknowledgment: A Guide - Native Governance Center

• Soulatluk (Wiyot Language)

• What Good is a Land Acknowledgment - Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy