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Everett Looks To Expand Land Acknowledgment Into Public Art Piece

February 6, 2022

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In August of 2021 the Everett City Council developed a land acknowledgment in a partnership with the Tulalip Tribes. It is now read at the beginning of all council meetings. At their Wednesday meeting councilmembers will hear a proposal to apply for an arts matching grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts. There […]

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Everett Council Approves Land Acknowledgement Statement And Adds Indigenous Peoples’ Day To City Calendar

August 25, 2021

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Today the Everett City Council approved two resolutions recognizing the role that indigenous people have in the history of this area and how their presence pre-dates by hundreds of years the City of Everett and its residents. The first resolution covered the Land Acknowledgement Statement which reads as follows: We acknowledge the original inhabitants of […]

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