twLF 50th Anniversary Rally at UC Berkeley | The Third World Liberation Front

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF LAND AND PLACE:
The Third World Liberation Front Research Initiative recognizes that UC Berkeley sits on the territory of xučyun (Huichin), the ancestral and unceded land of the Chochenyo-speaking Ohlone people, the successors of the sovereign Verona Band of Alameda County. This land was and continues to be of great importance to the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe and other familial descendants of the Verona Band.

We recognize that every member of the Berkeley community has, and continues to benefit from, the use and occupation of this land, since the institution’s founding in 1868. Consistent with our values of community, inclusion, and diversity, we have a responsibility to acknowledge and make visible the university’s relationship to Native peoples. As members of the Berkeley community, it is vitally important that we not only recognize the history of the land on which we stand but also recognize that the Muwekma Ohlone people are alive and flourishing members of the Berkeley and broader Bay Area communities today.

This statement was developed by the Native American Student Development Center in partnership with the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe and is a living document.

THIRD WORLD LIBERATION FRONT RESEARCH INITIATIVE SUPPORTING CENTERS:
The American Cultures Center
The Center for Race and Gender
The Department of Ethnic Studies
The Ethnic Studies Library
The Multicultural Community Center

Connect with us: twlfresearch@berkeley.edu