{"id":28696,"date":"2023-10-16T16:56:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T20:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/?page_id=28696"},"modified":"2024-06-29T18:04:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T22:04:26","slug":"marymount-land-acknowledgement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/academics\/the-access-belonging-inclusion-diversity-and-equity-hub\/truth-racial-healing-and-transformation-trht\/marymount-land-acknowledgement\/","title":{"rendered":"Marymount Land Acknowledgement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marymount University is located on the homelands of the Manahoac, Doeg, Nacotchtank, and Piscataway peoples, who are the original inhabitants of Arlington County and the greater D.C. metropolitan area.<\/p>\n

We acknowledge that Marymount was founded in 1950 on land that the Indigenous peoples of this region nurtured for centuries, and we extend our gratitude and respect to them, their descendants, and all who continue to lead the way in the most essential environmental justice work of our time.<\/p>\n

As an educational community dedicated to seeking justice through direct, intentional action, we offer this land acknowledgement and our Pathways to Action, Truth, and Healing (PATH) project as a starting place rather than an endpoint, as part of an ongoing process of addressing the harms caused by racism and the violent displacement of Indigenous peoples from their lands in the founding of this country.<\/p>\n

The MU PATH<\/a> is an educational tool and call to action that centers and celebrates Indigenous worldviews, movements, artists, authors, and histories. Through the PATH, we invite you to: learn more about Indigenous ways of stewarding and protecting the environment and explore how respectful engagement with the natural world strengthens the health and well-being of people, communities, and the planet.<\/p>\n

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