Indigenous Land Acknowledgment Statement
As members of the University of Texas at El ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ community, we acknowledge that we are meeting on unceded Indigenous land. We would like to recognize and pay our respects to the Indigenous people with long ties to the immediate region: the , , and ; ; ; ; ; ; Piro/Manso/ Indian Tribe of the Pueblo of San Juan de Guadalupe; and . We also acknowledge the nations whose territories include present-day Texas: the , , , , , , , and the peoples of Chihuahua and northern Mexico from whom many of our students descend, such as the , , , and peoples. Finally, we recognize all of the Indigenous Peoples and communities who have been or have become a part of these lands and territories here in the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ del Norte region. The University of Texas at El ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ honors your history and cultures and we seek greater awareness of the myriad ways in which your legacy can guide us in fruitful partnerships and mutually fulfilling relationships.