HRDEIC INDIGENOUS LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We would like to acknowledge the following Indigenous Peoples on whose traditional homelands we live, work and gather today: the Massachusett, the Nipmuc, the Wampanoag, and the Pawtucket; We acknowledge their ancestors, particularly Karto of the Massachusett tribe, who was steward of much of the land now encompassing Sudbury and Wayland when European settlers arrived to colonize this place in 1638. We seek to understand, acknowledge, and remember the painful, ongoing history of war, genocide, and forced removal of Indigenous peoples by European settlers. And we offer a living celebration of the Indigenous communities who are not just part of the past, but who continue to live and make new history here today. May we all commit to deepening our relationships with Indigenous communities and to being their allies in working for justice.