Land Recognition

Atheists United acknowledges our presence on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tongva people and their neighbors: (from North to South) the Chumash, Tataviam, Kitanemuk, Serrano, Cahuilla, Payomkawichum, Acjachemen, Ipai-Tipai, Kumeyaay, and Quechan peoples, whose ancestors ruled the region we now call Southern California for at least 9,000 years.

Please take a moment to consider the legacies of genocide, ethnic cleansing, stolen land, and forced removal by religious and secular colonizers that bring us to today.

Additonal Resources:

• https://nativegov.org/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/

• https://dornsife.usc.edu/hist/land-acknowledgement/

• https://native-land.ca/

• https://gabrielinotribe.org/history/

• https://www.newsweek.com/2016/08/26/california-native-americans-genocide-490824.html

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/junipero-serra-native-americans_n_560171fbe4b0fde8b0cfcb32

• https://theconversation.com/what-the-california-dream-means-to-indigenous-peoples-79889

• https://mila.ss.ucla.edu/
  https://www.hcn.org/issues/51.7/tribal-affairs-indigenous-educators-fight-for-an-accurate-history-of-california-missions

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