UUCB’s Land Acknowledgment

In 2021, UUCB began pausing for land acknowledgments at Sunday services and major meetings. The 2023 version is:

As we begin, we want to acknowledge that this church occupies land in Huchiun, the unceded territory of the Chochenyo-speaking Ohlone people. May we have the humility and courage to do our part to restore what has been broken, and the wisdom to live into a new solidarity with Indigenous communities and the earth. 

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  1. I liked when on 6/6/2021 this land acknowledgement was (first?) read in a church service outside, there was a Raven up on the church roof, cawing its approval loudly. Ravens were often seen by indigenous people to have special abilities. I also enjoyed hearing White-breasted Nuthatches and Mourning Doves, but I do not think they are associated with special indigenous powers like the Common Raven.

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