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Share input for statements to honor Indigenous Peoples and acknowledge the past

The City of Boulder plans to use input from the Boulder community and federally recognized American Indian Tribes to develop acknowledgments the city government will use to honor Indigenous Peoples and recognize their forced removal from the Boulder area. Community members can share their input on city land acknowledgments through until midnight, Tuesday, March 23. Share your input below.

With City Council’s recent acceptance of the City of Boulder Racial Equity Plan, the city plans to develop acknowledgments that build on its Indigenous Peoples Day Resolution, which states “we have a shared responsibility to forge “a path forward to address the past and continuing harm to Indigenous Peoples and the land.” This city action is intended to help strengthen continued, meaningful collaboration with Tribal Nations and Indigenous community members.

The city’s land acknowledgment effort will seek Tribal Representatives’ guidance on shaping acknowledgment statements and how the city can use them – including at meetings and on city webpages – with honor and respect. The City of Boulder city respects tribal sovereignty and self-determination, shares agreements with 13 Tribal Nations, and invites them to participate in government-to-government consultations when city actions affect their interests.

City to use Indigenous People’s Day Resolution to guide city land acknowledgments

The city appreciates the hard work of community members who developed the Indigenous Peoples Day Resolution and plans to use resolution statements in city government land acknowledgments. The city resolution has several statements, including:

  • The Boulder area encompasses ancestral homelands of Indigenous Peoples' Nations.
  • Indigenous People in Boulder have, as in all parts of the Americas, endured centuries of cruelty, exploitation and genocide. 
  • Boulder has benefited directly from Indian removal policies that violated human rights, broke government treaties and forced Arapaho People from their homeland.
  • Facing and acknowledging our past, good as well as bad, makes our community stronger and more resilient. 
  • Those now living on these ancestral lands recognize that harm was done and acknowledge that we have a shared responsibility to forge a path forward to address the past and continuing harm to the Indigenous People and the land. 

City seeks input on themes not in the Indigenous People’s Day Resolution

If community members believe there are themes not in the Indigenous Peoples Day Resolution that should be included in city government land acknowledgments, they may share their input until midnight, Tuesday, March 23. SHARE YOUR INPUT BELOW.

City plans to seek Tribal Nation input on acknowledgments and how it will use them

The city plans to use Indigenous Peoples Day Resolution language and history – along with community input on themes not in the resolution – to develop city land acknowledgments with guidance from Tribal Representatives during a consultation this spring. During the city’s planned consultation with Tribal Nations, the city also will:

  • Continue discussions with Tribal Representatives about updating agreements the city shares with American Indian Tribes.
  • Obtain a final recommendation for a name that commemorates the Indigenous presence at Settlers Park in west Boulder as directed by the city’s Indigenous Peoples Day Resolution.

More information on past consultations is available online. The picture below is from a 2019 consultation with federally recognized American Indian Tribes.






 



The City of Boulder plans to use input from the Boulder community and federally recognized American Indian Tribes to develop acknowledgments the city government will use to honor Indigenous Peoples and recognize their forced removal from the Boulder area. Community members can share their input on city land acknowledgments through until midnight, Tuesday, March 23. Share your input below.

With City Council’s recent acceptance of the City of Boulder Racial Equity Plan, the city plans to develop acknowledgments that build on its Indigenous Peoples Day Resolution, which states “we have a shared responsibility to forge “a path forward to address the past and continuing harm to Indigenous Peoples and the land.” This city action is intended to help strengthen continued, meaningful collaboration with Tribal Nations and Indigenous community members.

The city’s land acknowledgment effort will seek Tribal Representatives’ guidance on shaping acknowledgment statements and how the city can use them – including at meetings and on city webpages – with honor and respect. The City of Boulder city respects tribal sovereignty and self-determination, shares agreements with 13 Tribal Nations, and invites them to participate in government-to-government consultations when city actions affect their interests.

City to use Indigenous People’s Day Resolution to guide city land acknowledgments

The city appreciates the hard work of community members who developed the Indigenous Peoples Day Resolution and plans to use resolution statements in city government land acknowledgments. The city resolution has several statements, including:

  • The Boulder area encompasses ancestral homelands of Indigenous Peoples' Nations.
  • Indigenous People in Boulder have, as in all parts of the Americas, endured centuries of cruelty, exploitation and genocide. 
  • Boulder has benefited directly from Indian removal policies that violated human rights, broke government treaties and forced Arapaho People from their homeland.
  • Facing and acknowledging our past, good as well as bad, makes our community stronger and more resilient. 
  • Those now living on these ancestral lands recognize that harm was done and acknowledge that we have a shared responsibility to forge a path forward to address the past and continuing harm to the Indigenous People and the land. 

City seeks input on themes not in the Indigenous People’s Day Resolution

If community members believe there are themes not in the Indigenous Peoples Day Resolution that should be included in city government land acknowledgments, they may share their input until midnight, Tuesday, March 23. SHARE YOUR INPUT BELOW.

City plans to seek Tribal Nation input on acknowledgments and how it will use them

The city plans to use Indigenous Peoples Day Resolution language and history – along with community input on themes not in the resolution – to develop city land acknowledgments with guidance from Tribal Representatives during a consultation this spring. During the city’s planned consultation with Tribal Nations, the city also will:

  • Continue discussions with Tribal Representatives about updating agreements the city shares with American Indian Tribes.
  • Obtain a final recommendation for a name that commemorates the Indigenous presence at Settlers Park in west Boulder as directed by the city’s Indigenous Peoples Day Resolution.

More information on past consultations is available online. The picture below is from a 2019 consultation with federally recognized American Indian Tribes.