Land Acknowledgement
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Yale School of the Environment and Yale University acknowledge that Indigenous peoples and nations, including Mohegan,1 Mashantucket Pequot,2 Eastern Pequot,3 Schaghticoke,4 Golden Hill Paugussett,5 Niantic,6 and the Quinnipiac7 and other Algonquian8 speaking peoples, have stewarded through generations the lands and waterways of what is now the state of Connecticut. We honor and respect the enduring relationship that exists between these peoples and nations and this land.
Pronunciation guide:
1 mow.hee.gn
2 mash.an.tuck.et pee.kwot
3 east.ern. pee.kwot
4 skat.ih.kohk
5 gold.en. hill po.gaw.sett
6 ni.han.tic
7 kwihn.ih.pee.ac
8 al-gon-kwihn
Related Resources and Stories
This page provides an evolving aggregation of resources pertaining to the relationship of Yale, YSE, and the Yale Forests to Indigenous lands and peoples, as well as suggested resources for further exploration. We hope it will be a living document that expands and evolves over time, and as such we welcome your thoughts and suggestions.
- Student Funding — Intertribal Timber Council: Native American Natural Resource Research Scholarship.
- Yale Forest Forum Series, spring 2024 — Tribal Forestry: Understanding Current Issues and Challenges.
- Yale Forests — Yale Forests & Indigenous Narratives: A Working Syllabus.
- Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology — Indigenous Religions.
- Gerald Torres — In the News, Courts, and Classrooms, Attention Turns to Federal Indian Law.
- Gerald Torres — LANDBACK Panel Addresses Importance of Indigenous Leadership in Land Reclamation and Conservation
- Patrick Gonzalez-Rogers — Interview: Challenges Tribal Nations Face in Conservation and Co-Management of Land.
- Patrick Gonzalez-Rogers — A New Initiative Aims to Increase Tribal Co-Management of Public Lands.
- Dorceta Taylor — The Rise of the American Conservation Movement touches on these themes.
- Yale Environment 360 — “Tree Keepers: Where Sustaining the Forest Is a Tribal Tradition.”
- Yale Environment 360 — “How Returning Lands to Native Tribes Is Helping Protect Nature.”
Yale Resources
- Office of the Secretary and Vice President for University Life — Land Acknowledgment Statements.
- Yale’s Native American Cultural Center.