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Native Land Acknowledgements:
I am currently living on the land now known as Miami, FL, which is the unceded land of the Taino, Tequesta, and Seminole Peoples.

I am honored to also spend time on:

The land now known as Providence, RI - which is the unceded land of the Nahaganset (Narragansett) and Wôpanâak (Wampanoag) Peoples. I’ve always resonated with the Wampanoag’s name for themselves: the People of the First Light.

The land now known as Park City, UT, which is the unceded land of Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute) and Timpanogos Peoples.

To find out more about the lands that you live on, travel to, or spend time on, I highly recommend exploring: https://native-land.ca/
It’s important to me to acknowledge the indigenous communities of these lands because: 1) I want to shine the light on the ancestors who cared for this land before we were here, even while I am still in the learning process. 2) We all can counter the effects of erasure by honoring the complicated history of humans who have lived on these lands. 3) I respect other knowledge systems, including traditions that impacted language, the arts, the plants, animals, waterways, and our whole ecology.