By Yeymy Garcia, Managing Editor Thanksgiving and the enormous turkey, heaping piles of mashed potatoes, giving thanks to friends and family (maybe) and then braving the nightmare of Black Friday shopping (definitely) are familiar traditions to many this month. But one campus organization is more interested this month in honoring the past and respecting the […]
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Guest Editorial: Land Acknowledgement for Native American Heritage Month
“We acknowledge that the land on which we are gathered here today is the home and traditional land belonging to the Tongva Nation. Today we come with respect and gratitude for the Tongva people who still consider themselves the caretakers of this land. It is through their examples that we are reminded of our greater […]