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wearing Pansy, shot by Willow 

I'm going to start writing short land acknowledgements on each post from here on out. For the most part, that will look like 

"stolen land of the Coast Salish, Stillaguamish, and Tulalip People"

but on longer, public posts, I will acknowledge broken treaties, current organizations, or notable people and history of the area. 

my intent is to keep it in the forefront of my mind that this land is stolen, that the very formation of our nation's park system was in part to keep Indigenous people from their land, and that I can do more to support change in this system. I'm still very much learning about land acknowledgement practices in general, so I am open to corrections and advice going forward. I am mainly using the Native Land app as a reference right now. 

📍: this photo was taken on the stolen land of the Coast Salish, Stillaguamish, and Tulalip peoples. The Treaty of Point Elliott promised many Indigenous groups in the PNW certain benefits in exchange for their land, and guaranteed hunting and fishing rights. It was signed in January 1855, and almost immediately violated by white settlers, triggering a series of rebellions from 1855 to 1858. It was ratified in the US Senate in 1859, but has still never been upheld in full. At the present moment, the Duwamish Tribe, successor of the Duwamish people who were the first signers of the Treaty of Point Elliott, are not recognized by the federal government. Because of that, they do not receive benefits they were promised. Their case is still pending at the Interior Board of Indian Appeals.