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Acknowledgement of the Tongva and Greater Indigenous Lands occupied by the University of Southern California
Our team acknowledges our presence on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Gabrielino-Tongva peoples. We recognize that these Peoples were forcibly removed from their homelands. We take this opportunity to acknowledge the generations that have gone before as well as the present-day Gabrielino-Tongva people. With humility, we recognize and respect all Indigenous peoples, their histories, and their ties to the land. We also recognize the Chumash, Tataviam, Serrano, Cahuilla, Juaneno, and Luiseno People for the land that USC occupies around Southern California. We pay respects to their past and present. Let this acknowledgement serve as an ongoing reminder of the original inhabitants where you reside (adopted from Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work). The USC Department of History provides a more extensive history here.)

Acknowledgement of Indigenous Lands occupied by Arizona State University in Arizona

Our team and ASU acknowledges the twenty-three Native Nations that have inhabited this land for centuries. Our statement is based on the ASU Library land acknowledgement found here. Arizona State University's four campuses are located in the Salt River Valley on ancestral territories of Indigenous peoples, including the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee Posh (Maricopa) Indian Communities, whose care and keeping of these lands allows us to be here today. ASU acknowledges the sovereignty of these nations and seeks to foster an environment of success and possibility for Native American students and patrons. We advocate for the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge systems and research methodologies. The ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law provides expanded resources here.