[DEOC] Fw: Happy Indigenous Peoples Day from Tribal Government Affairs

[Sophia Agtarap]

DEOC--

Sharing the message that Glenda Breiler, our new director of Tribal Government Affairs shared this afternoon with our SBCTC staff.

Sophia


[Compass]
  Sophia Kristina R. Agtarap (she/siya)

  Director, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

  Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges


[https://res.cdn.office.net/assets/bookwithme/misc/CalendarPerson20px.png]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/428a9a0a3cb14afe82036360d2d894a8@sbctc.edu?anonymous&ep=signature>                Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/428a9a0a3cb14afe82036360d2d894a8@sbctc.edu?anonymous&ep=signature>
________________________________
From: Glenda Breiler <gbreiler at sbctc.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 9, 2023 1:00 PM
To: SBCTC All Staff <SBCTCAllStaff at sbctc.edu>
Subject: Happy Indigenous Peoples Day from Tribal Government Affairs


Way’ xast klxalt (Good Day),

My name is Glenda Breiler (Colville) and I am the new Director of Tribal Government Affairs at SBCTC. Today is Indigenous Peoples Day and I want to take a moment to honor this day with our SBCTC vision statement and official land acknowledgement. The SBCTC vision statement recognizes that every member of our community has benefited, and continues to benefit, from living, working, and occupying the ancestral territories of first peoples of Washington state, the 29 federally recognized Tribes, and all sovereign nations.

Official WA SBCTC Land Acknowledgement

As a step toward honoring truth and achieving healing and reconciliation, we open today by acknowledging the traditional territories of the Squaxin Island Tribe of the South Puget Sound. The people of the Squaxin Island Tribe lived and prospered along the shores of the southernmost inlets of the Salish Sea for untold centuries. We acknowledge throughout time immemorial, the people of the Squaxin Island Tribe’s strong cultural connection with water, and traditionally known as the People of the Water. Today, we honor the descendants of the Squaxin Island Tribe, the People of the Water, on which Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges office resides.



While our colleges are distributed across many first people’s nations, we remain dedicated to opening our time together by honoring those that came before us.



We know that such statements only become truly meaningful when coupled with authentic relationships and sustained commitment, and as such, we commit to continued efforts to build

our collective understanding and action to foster authentic Tribal community connections. (Endorsed by Council Chairman Kristopher Peters, Squaxin Island Tribe. March 2023)



[cid:image001.png at 01D9FAAC.3D6D1C20]

(Photo by Glenda Breiler of Squaxin Canoe Family, 2016 Paddle to Nisqually)



Olympia is the land of the Medicine Creek Treaty Tribes, which includes the Squaxin Island, Nisqually, and Puyallup Tribes. The current location of downtown Olympia was a traditional trading location, which many Tribes’ including the Chehalis and Skokomish gathered. Today I would like to take a moment to remember and honor Billy Frank, Jr. (Nisqually), a tireless advocate for Indian treaty rights and environmental stewardship, whose activism paved the way for the “Boldt decision,” which reaffirmed tribal co-management of salmon resources in the state of Washington. ​Frank was the recipient of many awards, including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Award for Humanitarian Achievement. Frank strengthened Indian Country by greater sovereignty and a nation fortified by his example of service to one’s community, his humility, and his dedication to the principles of human rights and environmental sustainability.​ He was and continues to be considered “a historic and heroic leader of his generation” and one of America’s “greatest voices for justice.



sčədadxʷ (salmon)<https://youtu.be/D15itTjuY-g> is an animated short featuring Billy Frank Jr. that takes the viewer up the river through the eyes of the salmon showing its pristine environment; its connection to the Pacific Northwest People; the arrival of the settlers; habitat degradation; the unification of people throughout the world working together to save salmon and salmon habitat. This film was produced by Injunuity.



way̓ limləmt (thank you),





Glenda Breiler

Director of Tribal Government Affairs






-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/deoc_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20231009/4edcdb44/attachment-0001.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.png
Type: image/png
Size: 491849 bytes
Desc: image001.png
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/deoc_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20231009/4edcdb44/attachment-0002.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Outlook-Compass.png
Type: image/png
Size: 10966 bytes
Desc: Outlook-Compass.png
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/deoc_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20231009/4edcdb44/attachment-0003.png>