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WHEN WE'RE READY TO GO. >> YOGI BEARISM. >> .
>> GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE CALL TO ORDER THE MARCH 1, 2022 LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDY SESSION. LET THE RECORD REFLECT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT AND PARTICIPATING REMOTELY. UNDER THE GUIDELINES FOR ATTENDING BOARD MEETINGS, PROCLAMATION 20-28.15, OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT AND THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, THE PROHIBITION ON IN-PERSON MEETINGS CONTINUES BUT THERE'S AN EXCEPTION FOR MEETINGS COMPLYING WITH THE GUIDELINES OF BUSINESS MEETINGS FOUND IN THE MISCELLANEOUS VENUES GRIND.
THAT REQUIRES THAT JURISDICTIONS FOLLOW ALL CURRENT APPLICABLE FACE-COVERING REQUIREMENTS AS OUTLINED. THE BOARD HAS, BECAUSE OF NONCOMPLIANCE AT BOARD MEETINGS, DETERMINED TO HOLD ITS MEETINGS REMOTELY UNTIL CONDITIONS CHANGE.
THE BOARD WILL NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THE LOCATION OF ITS MEETINGS THROUGH THE MEETINGS TAB.
AT THIS TIME IT'S PLANNED THAT OUR SCHEDULED MEETINGS IN MARCH WILL BE HELD REMOTELY.
BOARD MEETINGS, STUDY SESSIONS AND SPECIAL BOARD MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIVE STREAMED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE. IF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE UNABLE TO LISTEN TO THE LIVE STREAM YOU MAY CALL TO LISTEN. THAT PHONE NUMBER IS (425)936-2813, CONFERENCE STUDY
[1. Lake Washington School District Land Acknowledgement Training]
37127. WE HAVE ONE TOPIC FOR THE STUDY SESSION TONIGHT, AND THAT IS A DISCUSSION OF LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.DOCTOR, CAN YOU GET US STARTED, PLEASE? >> ABSOLUTELY.
SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT WITH OUR SPECIAL GUEST, MARY WILBUR, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAN PROVIDE US WITH GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND AND KNOWLEDGE AS THE BOARD CARS, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTING AND THINKING ABOUT LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AS PART OF YOUR OVERALL STRUCTURE AND WORK. SO MARY HAS WORKED IN LAKE WASHINGTON AND THE REGION AS YOU KNOW FOR MANY, MANY YEARS FOCUSED ON OUR INDIGENOUS STUDENTS, THEIR SUPPORTS, THEIR PROGRAMS, THEIR ACCESS TO SCHOOL AND TONIGHT SHE'S HERE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AND ALL OF US INFORMATION ABOUT LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SO THE BOARD IS MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION AROUND THAT PROCESS AND WITH THAT, MARY, I'LL HAND IT TO YOU SO YOU CAN LEAD US THROUGH THE
IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FORIF YOU WANTED ME T I CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
CAN EVERYONE SEE THE SLIDE DECK? >> YES, WE CAN. >> OKAY.
PERFECT. I WANTED TO START OFF -- I KNOW I SENT A VIDEO IN REGARDS TO LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THE. I THINK IT WAS FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES AND WELL-DONE.
I WANTED TO START OFF WITH THE [INDISCERNIBLE] INDIAN TRIBE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A WORKING RELATIONSHIP, COLLABORATION WITH THEM IN REGARDS TO OUR TITLE SIX EDUCATION PROGRAM AS WELL AS OUR LANGUAGE GRANT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. THAT'S A TWO-YEAR GRANT THAT OUR NATIVE PROGRAM IS OFFERING FOR STUDENTS FOR -- I GUESS WE'RE RECLAIMING ONE WORD AT THE TIME SO WE'RE EXPLORING OUR LANGUAGES, SO THIS IS [INDISCERNIBLE], KNOW HER VERY WELL. WE WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER OVER THE PAST PROBABLY TEN OR 15
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YEARS. I WANTED TO START OUT WITH THIS VIDEO.AND I'M HOPING IT'S GOING TO PLAY. HMM.
LET ME TRY AGAIN. I KNOW IT WORKED EARLIER TODAY. FOR SOME REASON THIS ISN'T
WORKING. >> IT MIGHT WORK IF YOU PUT IT INTO PRESENTATION MODE, SO THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE'S A PODIUM THING. NEXT TO THE MINUS SLIDER.
, YEAH, THAT LITTLE SLIDER. >> RIGHT. >> -- [CROSSTALK] --
>> IF YOU CLICK ON SLIDE SHOW -- >> I SEE IT COMING ON. >> I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.
>> DO YOU HEAR IT NOW? >> NO. >> IF YOU PAUSE IT AND IF YOU UNSHARE AND THEN WHEN YOU GO TO SHARE THERE'S A BUTTON I BELIEVE IN THE RIGHT-HAND CORNER.
>> LET ME DO THAT. HOLD ON. LET ME SEE.
>> I FEEL YOUR PAIN. THIS IS ALWAYS CHALLENGING. >> AND I MEANT TO DO THAT BEFORE I CAME ON. LET ME SEE RIGHT HERE. GO HERE.
NOW WE'VE GOT IT. PRESENT. >> THAT LOOKS GREAT.
>> OKAY. GOT IT. NOW IT SHOULD.
>> . >> SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE. >> SO IN STARTING WITH THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE TRIBE.
I KNOW MANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE STARTED THAT JOURNEY WITH LEARNING THE HISTORY OF THE SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE. I THOUGHT I WOULD PUT DOWN A FEW FACTS ABOUT THEM BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO START A MEETING, ESPECIALLY A BOARD MEETING, WHEN WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT A GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP AND LOOKING AT THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE NATION LIKE THE SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE, WE'RE ACTUALLY ON THEIR LAND.
THEY'RE THE PEOPLE OF THE MOON. THEIR STORY REVOLVES AROUND THE MOON AND MOUNT SAI.
IT'S INTERESTING AND A BEAUTIFUL STORY AND JUST TO KNOW THE CONNECTION TO THE LAND AND MCKENNA DORMA TALKED ABOUT THAT, HOW IMPORTANT THE LAND IS TO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THIS AREA.
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE TREATY THAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT YEAR THAT TREATY
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HAPPENED IN? >> I'M GOING TO CHEAT AND READ IT FROM THE BOTTOM.
1955. >> I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING VERY HARD AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE TRIBALLY PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON STATE AND IT ACTUALLY BECAME A LAW IN JULY OF 2015 THAT WE HAD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO ADOPT THAT WASHINGTON STATE TRIBALLY HISTORY INTO OUR SCHOOL WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OSPI, WHETHER STI HISTORY LESSONS THEY HAVE OR WORKING WITH THE TRIBE.
AND I KNOW IN OUR DISTRICT CRYSTAL STEVENS AND HANNAH WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE TRIBE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, EVEN DIRK THE PANDEMIC, CREATING LESSONS FOR SOME -- E DURING THE PANDEMIC, CREATING LESSONS IN REGARDS TO THAT. I'M ASSUMING AND I KNOW IT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THAT THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT TREATY AND WHAT IT MEANS.
WHAT IS A TREY, A GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT'G RELATIONSHIP WITH NATIONS.
WE HAVE 29 FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES AND FOR OUR DISTRICT, SNOW SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE IS THE CLOSEST TRIBE, SO LIKE A BORDER TOWN TO THAT NATION. THEY HAVE ABOUT 4,000 TRIBALLY MEMBERS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REALIZE THAT THEY LOST THEIR FEDERAL RECOGNITION IN 1953 AND SO THERE WERE SEVERAL OF US JUST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED FROM LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WENT TO THE CELEBRATION OF THEIR 20 YEARS OF FEDERAL RECOGNITION.
IT WAS A HUGE EVENT WHERE THEY JUST REALLY TREATED US WELL, GOT TO EAT A LOT OF GOOD SEAFOOD AS WE CELEBRATED THEIR RECOGNITION. HOW DO YOU LOSE YOUR RECOGNITION? LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE TREATIES, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AND YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK OVER HERE AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE KING COUNTY IS AND ALL OF THAT LAND WAS TRIBALLY LAND, SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE. HOW DO YOU GO FROM 1855 BEING A SIGNATURE OF A TREATY -- SIGNATORE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT NOW, BECAUSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, AND LET ME MOVE THROUGH THE SLIDES -- LET'S LOOK AT THE HISTORY.
HOW DO YOU BUILD A RELATIONSHIP? WE LEARNED ABOUT HISTORY. DID ANYONE LEARN SOMETHING NEW TONIGHT FROM JUST THE LITTLE BIT THAT I SHARED, MAYBE JUST A THUMBS UP? WHAT DOES IT MEAN. WHEN I LOOK AT LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, I CAN GET TEMPORARY E. YOU CAN SAY WORDS AND SOMETIMES WORDS CAN BE DETRIMENTAL ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THIS LAND.
LIKE MAKENNA TALKED ABOUT, IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE. IT'S THE LAND.
THE LAND REMEMBERS US. WE REMEMBER THE LAND. WHEREVER YOUR HOMELANDS ARE, THERE'S A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THAT LAND. I CAN LOOK OUTSIDE NOW OF MY HOME AND I SEE A CEDAR TREE AND THE CEDAR PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART FOR THE INDIGENOUS OF THIS AREA. THE USE GOES FROM MEDICINAL TO USING IT FOR CLOTHING, TO MAKING CANOES, FOR BUILDING FIRES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH AROUND JUST THE CEDAR ITSELF.
HOW DO WE BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP? I PUT A FEW THINGS DOWN ON THIS SLIDE, THINGS THAT I'D DONE, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH SNOW QUALITY INDIAN TRIBE. I'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND THEY KIND OF LOOKED AT ME SIDEWAYS WHEN I FIRST WENT TO TRY TO START BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP.
I REMEMBER OVER 20 YEARS AGO I STARTED BY DOING STORY-TELLING FOR THE TRIBE BEFORE THEY WERE EVEN A RECOGNIZED TRIBE. SO IT STARTED WAY BACK THEN GOING TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE PART HAVE NATIVE AREA AND I KNEW THE TRIBE WAS IN THE AREA.
I STARTED TO SEEK THAT FROM MY FAMILY AND I WANTED A PLACE TO GO THAT WAS SAFE AND SO HOW DO
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WE DO THAT AS A DISTRICT? HOW DO YOU DO THAT AS A BOARD? BECAUSE OUR SCHOOL BOARD IS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY. IT'S A GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT TAKES CARE OF, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILIES, THE STUDENTS OF OUR DISTRICT. SO ATTEND TRIBALLY EVENTS.IT WAS GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE. I SAW CRYSTAL AT THAT EVENT AND WENT AROUND TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE AT THAT EVENT FROM LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THE TIME.
IF YOU CAN DO THAT, IT HELPS BUILD A RELATIONSHIP. IT HELPS BUILD TRUST.
I THINK TRUST IS SOMETHING THAT IS LACKING AT TIMES ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO NATIVE PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF THAT SINCE 1855. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU SEE THE LAND AND THEN IT WAS JUST MORE AND MORE AND MORE WAS TAKEN YOU FROM.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO NOW? I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO DR. HOLMAN ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO TO RECOGNIZE THINGS OF THE PAST. WHAT CAN WE DO.
AND I THINK SOMETIMES WORDS ALONE CAN DO IT. IF YOU'RE WILLING TO SPEAK THAT AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR INTENTION AS A DISTRICT.
OTHER THINGS, INVITE TO DISTRICT EVENTS. SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE. I KNOW WE'VE INVITED SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE TO OUR EVENTS AND POW WOW WHERE THEY LEAD IN THE GRAND ENTRY. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT A GRAND ENTRY IS, EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS, EXCEPT FOR THE PAST TWO, WE'VE HAD A POW WOW AT WHAT NITTA HIGH SCHOOL AND WE INVITE DANCERS FROM ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THAT. AS WE HONOR OUR VETERANS WE USE THE SONGS FROM SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE'S CANOE FAMILY SO THEY'VE ALWAYS COME TO BLESS THE PARTICIPANTS THAT COME AND ARE PART OF THAT. AND SO INVITING THEM TO THE EVENTS IN THE DISTRICT AND MAYBE INVITING THEM TO A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT SOME POINT I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO STRENGTHEN A RELATIONSHIP, BUILD A RELATIONSHIP, CREATE TRUST BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. PARTICIPATE IN A RESTORATION PROJECT. I KNOW OUR SCHOOLS ARE DOING THAT.
THEY HAVE KOAKANEE SALMON THAT SWIM IN LAKE SAMMAMISH AND GO UP THEIR WATERWAYS AND THEY'VE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO RESTORING THOSE SALMON. SO WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THAT IN THE PROGRAM AND WHAT CAN WE DO. WE CAN BE THERE AND HELP RELEASE THOSE LITTLE SMULTS OR AT LEAST BE A WITNESS TO IT AS THE TRIBE DOES THAT. ANOTHER WAY WE HAVE BUILT A RELATIONSHIP OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS IS HAVE CONSULTATION ABOUT OUR TITLE VI GRANT APPLICATION THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OFFICE OF THE EDUCATION. SO JARED DAY HAS COME AND I THINK LIKE YOU'VE BEEN THERE AND YOU'VE WITNESSED THAT AS WELL, REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT DOWN AND HAD TRIBAL CONSULTATION TRAINING AND SO FROM THAT WE STARTED BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP SO NOW THEIR EDUCATION MANAGER MEETS WITH US EVERY MAY IN REGARDS TO THE GRANT AND ACTUALLY SIGNS OFF ON THE GRANT AND THEN TAKES IT TO COUNSEL SO THEY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE TITLE VI FUNDS. NOT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF TRIBAL CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, WE HAVE SEVERAL FAMILIES, BUT OUT OF THE 270 STUDENTS I'M ASSUMING THEIR FIVE FAMILIES THAT ARE SNOQUALMIE TRIBAL MEMBERS. WE ARE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH THE WORK WE DO AND THEY GO THROUGH THE GRANT US WITH AND JARED DAY SHARES THAT WITH TRIBAL COUNSEL.
THAT'S HOW WE SET IT UP. ALSO BECAUSE OF THE ESSA CONSULTATION, WHICH IS NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND, THE NEW THING FOR US, AND BECAUSE WE DO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IT'S A REQUIREMENT TO CONSULT WITH THE TRIBE WITH OUR TITLE PROGRAMS.
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SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS USUALLY EVERY JUNE AND I KNOW KELLEY PEASE HAS BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT MEETING WITH THE TRIBE WITH THE OTHER TITLE PROGRAMS WHERE THEY SHARE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A FORM THAT OSPI REQUIRES, YOU KNOW, THE TRIBE TO SIGN AND THEN FOR US TO SIGN, FOR DR. HOLMAN TO SIGN BEFORE THE FUNDS ARE EVEN RELEASED, YOU KNOW, TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SO WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT THAT AND HAVEN'T HAD PROBLEMS AND HAVEN'T HAD OUR MONEY, YOU KNOW, HELD UNTIL WE'VE HAD THE TRIBAL CONSULTATION. SO THAT'S KIND OF ALREADY HAPPENING, SO I THINK THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE AS A BOARD, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP.AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE DOING IS THE ASK RIGHT NOW. HOW CAN WE DO A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT'S MEANINGFUL, THAT'S MEANINGFUL TO YOU, BECAUSE IT'S THE BOARD THAT'S GOING TO BE THE LEADER IN THIS. IT'S NOT ABOUT -- LIKE SOMEONE TODAY ASKED ABOUT DOING -- LIKE ASKING ONE OF THE TRIBES EITHER TO [INDISCERNIBLE] DO A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND I'M GOING TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION TOMORROW THAT IT'S NOT THE TRIBES DOING THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. IT'S THE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE INDIGENOUS LAND THAT SHOULD BE DOING THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. SO WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHO WE ASK.
YOU'RE NOT ASKING A SNOQUALMIE TRIBAL MEMBER TO COME AND DO THAT.
IT'S FOR US TO DO TO SHOW OUR INTENTIONS AND ARE GRATITUDE OF BEING ON THIS INDIGENOUS LAND AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT THE TREATIES, AND THE 1855 TREATY. THE TRIBE SEEDED A LOT OF LAND.
THEY BASICALLY SEEDED PROBABLY 99.9 PERCENT OF THE LAND BECAUSE SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE WAS FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED AND THEY NEEDED TO HAVE LAND BEFORE THAT COULD HAPPEN.
SO HOW DO YOU END UP HAVING ALL OF THIS BIG LAND TO WHERE IN 1855 -- OR 1953 YOU LOSE YOUR RECOGNITION. SO THEY BOUGHT LAND BACK AND THEY BOUGHT LANDER AT 16.3 ACRES AND SO THEN THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE COURT CASE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GET THEIR RECOGNITION BACK WHERE THEY HAD TO PURCHASE THEIR OWN LAND.
TO ME, I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM THAT. SOMETIMES YOU'VE PROBABLY READ IN NEWSPAPER ARTICLES IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS OR PAST SEVERAL YEARS ABOUT THE LAND-BACK MOVEMENT AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S ALL STARTING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A SOVEREIGN NATION YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LAND BASE AND SO THOSE KIND OF THINGS YOU'LL LEARN AS YOU BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP.
I SEE A COUPLE OF HANDS UP. DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? >> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
WE CAN GET INTO, "HOW" TO DO THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I TRIED TO EDUCATE MYSELF, I MEAN, WHAT WAS THE LAND I WAS ON, AND I WENT AND ACTUALLY STARTED WITH NEW HOUSE.
SINCE I'M ON BASICALLY A STONE'S THROW FROM LAKE WASHINGTON, THE BEST I COULD FIND WAS ACTUALLY DOOOMMISH, THE PEOPLE OF THE LAKE, AND THEY'RE NOT FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED.
I WAS WORRIED I HAD DONE IT WRONG. WE HAVE MULTIPLE NATIONS INSIDE
OF OUR BOUNDARIES, RIGHT? >> RIGHT. THAT'S A GOOD POINT THAT YOU BRING UP ABOUT THE DUWAMASH TRIBE. YOU COULD SEE AND EVEN ON THE POINT ELLIOTT TREATY, YOU SEE THE MEMBER NAMES ON THERE. THERE'S CHIEFS THAT SIGNED.
HOW DID THEY LOSE THEIR LAND? I THINK AGREED PAYS A BIG PART OF IT. I MEAN, IT'S IN SEATTLE.
THERE WAS EVEN LAWS OUTLYING TO BE IN THE SEATTLE CITY, YOU KNOW, WAY BACK THEN.
SO THOSE KIND OF THINGS. POLICY AFFECTS IT, WHETHER IT'S BOARD POLICY, WHETHER IT'S GOVERNMENT POLICY. KING COUNTY POLICY. CITY POLICY.
IT AFFECTS PEOPLE. IF YOU GO BACK INTO OUR HISTORY, THAT'S WHY HISTORY IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE BEFORE YOU CAN EVER HEAL ANYTHING OR UNDERSTAND ANYTHING YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND
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YOU NEED TO LEARN THE HISTORY. YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE POLICIES THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE WHERE DUWAMASH FIGHTS FOR FEDERAL RECOGNITION. THERE A 501 B 3.THEY DON'T HAVE LAND SO THEY'RE FIGHTING THE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE THEIR FEDERAL RECOGNITION
RECOGNIZED. >> RIGHT. >> SO THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING THAT SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE -- BECAUSE IT'S VERY
POLITICAL. >> I DON'T WANT TO THE OFFEND ANYONE BY ACTUALLY DOING THE
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. DOES THAT -- [CROSSTALK] -- >> I THINK THE WAY WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AS A DISTRICT, WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIPS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT WHO IS RECOGNIZED AS A SOVEREIGN NATION SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE IS. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE OF SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE AND THEY ACTUALLY INCLUDE DUWAMASH. THAT'S SOMETHING AS A BOARD THAT YOU'LL DISCUSS AND DECIDE WHO AM I GOING TO INCLUDE AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU'RE LIVING, YOU MIGHT SAY THE DUWAMASH OR THE KOASAILISH PEOPLE BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND YOU'VE LEARNED SOME OF THE HISTORY. SO THAT'S WHERE I STARTED OUT WITH LETS LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE.
THE MORE YOU LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE AREA AND BECAUSE EDUCATED WITH THAT, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MEANINGFUL TO YOURSELF AND TO HONOR THE
PEOPLE AT THIS TIME. I SEE ANOTHER HAND UP. >> THANK YOU, MARY.
BECAUSE I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE, TO BE QUITE FRANK, OF WHERE THE NATIONS WERE ONCE I LEFT THE PANHANDLE, WEST OF THE PANHANDLE, I HAD NO CLUE. I HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD HANDLE ON MY HOME STATE BUT THAT'S WHY I CAME TO YOU OKAY, WHAT'S THE [INDISCERNIBLE] WHICH NATION SHOULD WE ACKNOWLEDGE BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO DELETE, ADD, OFFEND ANYONE, AND I WANTED TO DO IT RIGHT. THAT'S WAY ORIGINALLY WHEN I SUGGEST WE HAVE THIS LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, THE ONE PERSON I CAN TRUST IS MARY AND I CAME TO YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOU HELPING US OUT. >> AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FOR EACH ONE OF YOU AS YOU GO ON THIS JOURNEY INDIVIDUALLY. BUT BECAUSE WE'RE A BOARD, I THINK COLLECTIVELY THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION ON THE WORDS THAT YOU WANT TO USE AND ONCE YOU CREATE THAT LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, THAT'S WHEN WE AS A DISTRICT OR LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN TAKE IT TO THE TRIBE BECAUSE THAT IS WHO WE HAVE OUR CONSOLE STATING WITH. WHEN WE'RE CONSULTING WITH OUR TITLE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, LIKE TITLE 1, TITLE THREE, 4, 6, THE SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE IS THE ONE THAT SIGNS OFF FOR OUR DISTRICT AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT BUT THAT'S PART OF ETHIC CONSULTATION.
WE CAN'T GET AROUND THAT. THAT JUST IS WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN. THAT'S THE WAY WASHINGTON STATE WORKS. THAT'S THE WAY OSPI HAS SET IT UP.
SO WE'LL PROBABLY SEE EVEN MORE TRAININGS, I THINK BOARD TRAININGS THAT WILL HAPPEN ON A STATE LEVEL BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN LEGISLATION THAT IS -- I THINK RIGHT NOW GETTING READY TO BE PASSED, IF IT'S NOT PASSED IN REGARDS TO TRIBAL CONSULTATION, SO YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THAT THROUGH, IS IT WAZDA, WHEN THEY DO TRAINING FOR SCHOOL BOARDS I WOULD SAY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHERE YOU'LL LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT CONSULTATION IS, AND YOU GUYS ARE AHEAD OF THE GAME BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, AND WHEN THOSE TRAININGS DO COME, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION NOW, WE DO HAVE CONSULTATION, YOU KNOW. WE HAVE CONSULTATION. WE HAVE THAT WITH SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE.
CAN WE MAKE THAT STRONGER? SURE I THINK WE CAN BUT WE DON'T WANT TO OVERINUNDATE OUR TRIBES
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FOR BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT WORKS WITH SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE.ISSAQUAH WORKS WITH THEM. I THINK SEATTLE IS SUPPOSED TO EVEN CONSULT WITH THEM.
BELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE CONSULT WITH THEM. SO IT'S A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ASKING THE, "ASK" AND SO WHAT DO THEY WANT US TO SHARE.
I THINK JUST TO MAKE THAT MORE MEANINGFUL IN WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
SO I THINK THAT'S GOING -- YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IN THE NEXT -- PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, TRIBAL CONSULTATION. SO IF YOU DO HAVE A CHANCE, SEEK THAT TRAINING, AND I THINK THAT WILL EVEN GIVE YOU MORE KNOWLEDGE IN REGARDS TO YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS MEMBERS.
SO THERE'S COLLABORATION ALONG WITH THE TRIBAL HISTORY BECAUSE I TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO TEACH TRIBAL HISTORIES IN OUR SCHOOL. OUR DISTRICT MEETS PROBABLY EVERY OTHER MONTH WITH SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE AND WE SIT DOWN AND MCKENNA DORMAN IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT LEADS THAT AND THEY SHARE WHAT THEY HAVE BECAUSE THEY CAN ONLY SHARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO SHARE. SOME THINGS THEY MIGHT WANT TO KEEP A LITTLE BIT JUST THEIR TRIBAL MEMBERS. IN FACT, EVEN IN REGARDS TO LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEIR LASHOOTSI PROGRAM. IN OUR PROGRAM WE HAVE 89 DIFFERENT TRIBES. WHEN WE GOT READY TO WRITE FOR THE LANGUAGE GRANT THIS PAST FALL, WHICH THEY OPENED IT UP TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO WRITE FOR AND WE'RE BASICALLY ONE OF THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT RECEIVED A GRANT AND IT'S FOR ESSA FUNDS, SO NOT FUNDS THAT WILL BE HERE. I THINK THEY CALL THEM SOFT DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, SO FOR TWO YEARS WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD SOMETHING ALONG OUR LANGUAGE EXPLORATION AS WE RECLAIM ONE WORD AT THE TIME AND I THINK ABOUT LAST NIGHT WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE STUDENTS NAMING THE JOURNEY, WE CALL IT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ABLE TO SPEAK AND DO INTRODUCTIONS AND SHARE WORDS AND LEARN TO SING SONGS FROM THE DRUM. THEY LEARNED HOW TO SAY, "DRUM" IN THEIR LANGUAGE AND SAY," SONG" AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BUT WE'RE STILL SHARING WITH THE TRIBE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH LANGUAGE EXPLORATION, WHETHER IT'S AN EMAIL I'M SENDING OUT ONCE A MONTH TO THEIR LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S EASY TO DO. IT MIGHT SEEM HARD FOR YOU RIGHT NOW BUT ONCE YOU BUILD A RELATIONSHIP IT'S EASY TO SEND OUT A EMAIL OR THEY'RE WILLING TO ANSWER THAT CALL ANY TIME YOU HAVE A CALL. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AND SEE WHAT'S ON THERE AND THAT WILL BE VERY -- IT JUST GIVES YOU MORE OF A HISTORY OF WHO THEY ARE.
BECAUSE HOW DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE UNLESS YOU LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THEM.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU PROBABLY SAW THIS IN THE SEATTLE TIMES OR SAW IT ON KOUMA AND SAW IT YEARS AGO WHERE SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE PURCHASED MUKKELSHOOT TRIBE ACTUALLY ACREAGE AROUND -- LIKE 40 ACRES FOR $125 MILLION, SO TRIBES ARE EVEN BUYING THEIR LAND BACK.
EVEN MY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT DISPLACED, AND THEN WE GOT DISPLACED MORE AND PUT US OVER A MOUNTAIN RANG WHERE THEY COULDN'T SEE US ANYMORE BUT INSTEAD OF BEING BY THE RIVER, WE WERE DISPLACED OVER THE MOUNTAIN, SO WHENEVER WE CAN REBUY OUR LAND BACK BECAUSE LAND IS IMPORTANT FOR US AND WE WANT IT FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS TO COME.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT PICTURE. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS? I'M SURE SOME OF YOU HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
WHAT IS IT TO YOU? YOU CAN READ THAT IF YOU WANT. GO AHEAD, IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS AROUND WHAT A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS, I WANTED TO MAYBE SHARE THAT WITH ME OR
SHARE THAT WITH THE GROUP. >> I WANTED TO DO IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A RECOGNITION OF WHAT OUR AREA IS AS AS CULTURE GROWING UP, IF YOU WILL. STARTING WITH US COMING OUT
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HERE, LEWIS AND CLARK, IF YOU WILL, AND NOW THE RUSSIANS COMING IN FROM THE BARIAN SEA.THERE'S A LONG HISTORY AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN MY OLDER SON TOOK WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY AND IT WAS -- GRANTED, THE ONE I TOOK IN OKAY WAS WHITE WASH, BUT TO BE FRANK, IT WAS FAR MORE EXTENSIVE AND IN DEPTH ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, TO A DEGREE, AND EVEN WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY WAS. I WAS QUITE DISAPPOINTED, TO BE FRANK, BECAUSE WE HAD A SEMESTER IN OKAY AND WE KNEW WHERE THE NATIONS WERE AND THAT WAS WHERE THEY ORIGINALLY WANTED TO BE, WASN'T, BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE. WE KNEW ABOUT THE TRAIL OF TEAR,
BUT I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICANS OUT HERE. >> RIGHT.
I THINK IT IS CHANGING. I'VE SEEN IT WITH OUR DISTRICT AND SEEN THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AND THE ADOPTIONS WE'VE HAD IN THE CLASSROOMS. SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER DEPENDING ON THE TEACHER, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK SOMETIMES AS NONNATIVE PEOPLE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT SCARED, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT HISTORY DO WE TEACH. HOW DO WE TEACH IT.
I THINK WE JUST NEED TO JUMP IN THERE AND DO IT. THE TRIBE HAS CREATED SOME REALLY GOOD LESSON PLANS THAT WE'VE ADOPTED. I KNOW CRYSTAL STEVENS IS WORKING VERY, VERY HARD ON THAT AND I'VE SEEN THE COLLABORATION SO IT'S GETTING BETTER.
IT REALLY IS. I CAN ONLY SEE IT GROW, YOU KNOW, IN OUR DISTRICTS.
20 YEARS AGO I DIDN'T SEE IT. YEAH, THERE ARE SOME BAD BOOKS OUT THERE AND THEY'RE BEING PULLED OFF. IT TAKES A WHILE TO ADOPT SOMETHING.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. THERE'S A PROCESS. I KNOW FOR OUR DISTRICT WE'RE IN THAT ADOPTION PROCESS RIGHT NOW IN REGARDS TO BRINGING IN NEW MATERIALS AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS, MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES IN REGARDS TO ALL THE HISTORIES THAT WE SEE IN WASHINGTON STATE, AND TRIBAL HISTORY IS ONE OF THOSE HISTORIES, AND, YES, IT HAS BEEN
LACKING. IT IS GETTING STRONGER. >> MARY, DID WE PARTNER UP WITH SNOQUALMIE TO WORK ON [INDISCERNIBLE] GIVEN, PERHAPS TO HAVE ELDERS FROM THE NATION COME IN AND GIVE THE INSTRUCTION AS KIND OF A GUEST TUTORIAL, IF YOU WILL.
>> THAT'S THE HARD PART. I KNOW THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF STUFF CREATING LIKE WE SAW THE LITTLE VIDEO THAT I SHOWED, I THINK IT'S A MINUTE AND A HALF OR SOMETHING, SO THEY'VE BEEN CREATING LOTS OF DIFFERENT VIDEOS. THEY HAVE A KOKANEE SALMON WORKBOOK. THERE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY'VE CREATED THAT WE CAN ADOPT. THEY TOOK A REALLY HARD HIT ON THEIR ELDERS DURING THE PAPPED.
IF YOU WENT ON THE WEBSITE IT WHAT'S ALMOST WEEKLY. WITH THE NATIVE POPULATION IN THIS AREA AND I THINK ACROSS THE COUNTRY I DON'T KNOW WHY, WE WERE HIT HARD.
WHEN I TALKED TO PEOPLE AND I SAY, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW.
I FINALLY STOPPED COUNTING, YOU KNOW, AT 21, 22. I'M LIKE, I CAN'T COUNT ANYMORE BECAUSE THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST BEEN HARD. IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD.
JUST PEOPLE THAT I KNOW IN THIS AREA, LIKE OUR MAIN SINGER, OUR MAIN SINGER WHO WORKED WITH THE CHILDREN FOR 15 YEARS PASSED AWAY IN MAY FROM COVID AND THAT WAS REALLY HARD.
WE'RE STILL RECOVERING FROM THAT. I KNOW THE TRIBE LOST A LOT OF ELDERS. I WAS ON A LOT OF ZOOM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO DO SERVICES BY ZOOM AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN OPENED UP. LIKE WE'RE IN OUR CLASSROOMS. THEY'RE STILL MEETING VIRTUALLY, THE WHOLE TRIBE IS, SO ANY TIME WE MEET WITH THEM IT'S JUST LIKE WE'RE MEETING NOW ON TEAMS. WE HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO THE TRIBE I THINK SINCE PROBABLY NOVEMBER OF 2019. THINGS CLOSED FOR US IN MARCH OF 2020, AND WE'RE BACK IN THE SCHOOLS BUT THEY'RE NOT. SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE ISN'T. [INDISCERNIBLE] ISN'T EITHER.
AND I WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH BOTH OF THOSE. I SEE ANOTHER QUESTION.
>> SIRI, GO FOR IT. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
SO YOU HAD ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS OUR THOUGHT OF THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND I THINK
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DURING AT LEAST THROUGH MY TEN YEARS ON THE BOARD AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE WORK WITH THE EAST SIDE NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATION PROGRAM AND THOSE PIECES HAS HELPED TO DRIVE HOME THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THAT GOES ON BUT I REALLY DID APPRECIATE THE LINE YOU MADE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY OUR WORK AS THE BOARD TO SHOW OUR INTENTIONS AND OUR WORK AND OUR GRATITUDE, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT PIECE AND I SEE THAT IS THE VALUE OF THAT LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND WORKING WITH THEM SO I THINK THAT'S SORT OF WHERE ECONOMY FROM IN TRYING TO PUT IT FORWARD. I DO APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU'VE LAID THIS OUT SO FAR AND BEINGABLE TO THINK ABOUT IT AS THAT PARTNERSHIP. >> PERFECT.
THE NEXT QUESTION BECAUSE I THOUGHT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS. AND I THINK SIRI, THIS WENT ALONG WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AN EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION. IT ALL GOES BACK TO THAT RECONCILIATION, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO START A HEALING OF A NATION. SOMETIMES I THINK WITH OUR NATION, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO OUR HISTORY AND WHAT DOES THE HISTORY TELL US.
I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER, I THINK SOME OF YOU ATTENDED OUR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY IN OCTOBER THAT WE HELD AT LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. THAT WAS OUR FIRST.
I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MANY MORE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY. BUT THE FAMILIES CHOSE AT THAT TIME TO SAY THE NAMES OF FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WERE IN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS OR BOARDING SCHOOLS AND SO IN JUNE OF 2021 IT CAME OUT IN THE NEWS ABOUT RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS UP IN CANADA.
IT FIRST STARTED WITH 215, YOU KNOW, GRAVES, UNMARKED DRAKE BEING FOUND AS A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL IN CAMP LOOPS, AND KRANBROOK FOUND 182 UNMARKED GRAVES OF CHILDREN THAT WERE BURIED THERE AND SOME OF THESE CHILDREN, THEY WERE UNDER THREE YEARS OLD.
HOW THE HECK DOES THIS HAPPEN IN OUR COUNTRY? THE NORMAL CITIZENS DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WE WERE TRYING TO BRING AWARENESS TO THAT.
AND NOW IN CANADA IT'S OVER 9,000 CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THESE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS, SO IF IT HAPPENED IN CANADA, YOU KNOW DARN WELL IT HAPPENED DOWN HERE IN THE U.S., AND SO I KNOW THERE'S A TASK FORCE RIGHT NOW -- IT DOESN'T HIT THE NEWS LIKE IT HIT THE NEWS IN CANADA SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO HIT THE NEWS, HOW IT'S GOING TO HIT THE NEWS, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY. HISTORY IS IMPORTANT.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO HEAL THIS PAIN THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT BECAUSE THE PAIN IS GOING TO COME OUT. IT'S GOING TO AFFECT FAMILIES IN OUR PROGRAM.
IT'S GOING TO AFFECT CHILDREN. THERE'S NO WAY IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'VE ALL BEEN AFFECTED BY IT, AND SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO? AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, I THINK IT'S GOING TO -- IT'S GOING TO BE A WAY TO START A HEALING PROCESS AND TO DO DISCUSS THAT LAND AND THE WAY TO HONOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, BECAUSE SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME OF THIS.
YOU DON'T FIND OVER 9,000 CHILDREN AND DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
YOU JUST DON'T DO THAT. AND SO WHEN IT HITS IN APRIL, BECAUSE I KNOW THE TASK FORCE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR IS DOING THEIR INVESTIGATIONS RIGHT NOW, SO WHAT'S GOING TO COME OF THAT? I DON'T KNOW. I WORRY FOR MY FAMILIES WHEN THAT COMES OUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE AS EDUCATORS GOING TO HELP THEM BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF OUR HISTORY THAT WAS HIDDEN, PART OF OUR HISTORY THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND HEAL A NATION OR HEAL MANY NATIONS, AND THE UNITED STATES IS SUCH A BABY NATION COMPARED TO THE INDIGENOUS 12 NATIONS OF THIS COUNTRY SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER. I THINK A GOOD STARTING POINT WOULD BE THIS LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND GIVING REALLY GOOD THOUGHT TO IT.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M COMING FROM. GO AHEAD.
>> YOU'RE ALMOST TO WHERE I REALLY WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION. AS SOMEONE WHO READS A LOT OF HISTORY, THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THAT I'VE SEEN AT THE BEGINNINGS OF MEETINGS
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AREN'T NEARLY ENOUGH. BUT YOU CAN'T READ AN ESSAY AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY MEETING.>> RIGHT. >> ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT IS YOU JUST SAID TO EDUCATE AND HAVING STRUGGLED WITH, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED.
I KNOW HOW TO DO RESEARCH YET I'VE HAD A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT WHAT IS THE LOCAL TRIBAL HISTORY. I EXPECT THAT THOSE OF US ON THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION WILL DEVELOP DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF THIS WORKING WITH THE TRIBES BUT, TO ME, IT CAN'T BE SOMETHING THAT BECOMES DISTILLED TO ONE PARAGRAPH. TO ME AS A BOARD, TO MAKE A STATEMENT, THERE'S A STATEMENT AT A MEETING AND THEN ON THE WELL, PAGE, HEARING THE ESSAYS ON WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED, WHAT WE KNOW SO THAT THE NEXT PERSON DOESN'T HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT FOR THEMSELVES. THEY CAN FOLLOW OUR FOOTPRINTS AND BE EDUCATED.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR YOUR SIXTH OR SEVENTH GRADER COME HOME AND TELL YOU WHAT THE LOCAL TRIBES ARE. YOU JUST SAID, RECLAIMING YOUR WORDS, THE [INDISCERNIBLE] LANGUAGE. I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY IF THERE WAS A PHONETIC ALPHABET LOCATION. BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE [INDISCERNIBLE] WORDS WRITTEN ON
BUILDINGS AT UW AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE THEM. >> CORRECT.
>> THOSE LITTLE PIECES, TRYING TO RESPECT HISTORY, BUT TO ME IT HAS TO BE MORE THAN A PARAGRAPH
WE PUT AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MEETING. >> I AGREE WITH YOU.
IT'S SO GOOD TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF MY -- IT'S A HEARTACHE TO ME, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL SAY IT AND THEN THEY JUST MOVE ON AND IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL. SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO LEARN THAT HISTORY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE ON THAT JOURNEY AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR ON A JOURNEY AS THE BOARD AND I GUESS THAT'S A QUESTION YOU WOULD ASK YOURSELF AS A BOARD: WHAT COULD WE DO? DO WE HAVE A WEBSITE WHERE MAYBE WE'LL PUT SOMETHING UP ONCE A MONTH WITH HISTORY ON IT? DO WE HAVE THE LINK TO THE GOVERNOR OF INDIAN AFFAIRS THAT HAS ALL THE WEBSITES OF THE TRIBES IN WASHINGTON STATE, YOU KNOW, LITTLE BITS OF KNOWLEDGE LIKE THAT EVENTUALLY BECOME, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU'RE MORE IMMERSED IN IT AND IT'S NOT JUST THIS ONE-AND-DONE KIND OF THING. YOU'RE ACTUALLY LEARNING AND YOU'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE. YOU CAN EVEN ALMOST DO THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF A BOARD MEETING, WHETHER YOU DECIDE TO DO IT IN PAPER AND HAND IT OUT OR WHILE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN YOU HAVE IT UP. I'M JUST THINKING OF WAYS, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT UP ON THE SCREEN AND PEOPLE CAN READ SOMETHING.
MAYBE EVERYONE TAKES A MONTH AND DOES A LITTLE HISTORY THING AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN YOU DO
THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. >> I'M ACTUALLY THING ABOUT -- [CROSSTALK] --
>> A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT LITERALLY ON OUR WEBSITE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME TO THE NEATING TO HEAR THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. AS YOU JUST SAID, WE'RE LEARNING BUT PART OF OUR JOB IS TO TEACH AND SPREADING THAT MANY IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
ANYWAY, IT CAN BE MORE THAN AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY MEETING, JUST READING A PARAGRAPH, AND
I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT. >> RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE ABLE TO WATCH THAT VIDEO THAT WAS SENT OUT. THERE WAS A LITTLE FIVE-MINUTE VIDEO AND IF YOU HAVEN'T I WOULD SUGGEST TO WATCH IT BECAUSE YOU SEE SOME DIFFERENT NATIVE PEOPLE TALKING IN REGARDS TO HEARING A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND HEARING SOMEONE SAY IT.
I'VE SEEN STUDENTS LOOK UP AND IT MIGHT BE THE ONLY TIME THEY'VE EVER LOOKED UP IN A CLASSROOM IS BECAUSE THEY HEARD SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT BEING NATIVE.
SO THEY MIGHT LOOK UP AND YOU HAVE THEIR ATTENTION. THAT'S THE START OF BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP. IF YOU CAN GET THEM TO LOOK UP, YOU'VE WON HALF THE BATTLE.
IF YOU ARE DISENGAGED AND NOT CARING ABOUT WHAT THAT PERSON IS SAYING, SO IT'S A START.
THIS YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS IN THERE, I ACTUALLY KNOW HER PARENTS FROM BEING PART OF THE NATIONAL INDIAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, AND IT'S THEIR DAUGHTER AND SO SHE'S TALKS ABOUT -- SHE WENT INTO A MEETING AND THEY STARTED WITH THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND THESE LIKE, MAN, I JUST -- EVERYTHING WAS JUST KIND OF PUT IN PLACE. I THINK EVEN FOR A BOARD, YOU KNOW, IT BRINGS A CERTAIN KIND OF SPIRIT INTO YOUR BOARDROOM.
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WHEN YOU'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THE LAND, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE LAND THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL OF US. AND WHEN WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THE LAND, WHEN WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT, THEN IT MAKES US SICK AS HUMAN BEINGS AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS WE'VE GOT A LOT OF -- I'M NOT JUST TALKING PANDEMIC SICKNESS.I'M TALKING ABOUT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE THAT'S WHO FEEDS US AND WHO TAKES CARE OF US AND WE DON'T ALWAYS DO THAT AND SO THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT GOES BEYOND JUST RECOGNIZING THE TRIBAL PEOPLE. IT'S RECOGNIZING THAT STEWARDSHIP THAT EXISTS THERE AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING WITH THAT. THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT JUST WORDS.
YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN JOURNEY IN REGARDS TO WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE.
GO AHEAD, MARK. YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP. >> A QUESTION.
I'D LOVE TO SEE -- I DON'T HAVING ATTENDED THE PROGRAMS AND CEREMONIES WITH YOU ALL THAT THERE'S A GROUP OF LEADERS, IF YOU WILL, OF THE EDUCATION GROUP.
I CALL THEM THE [INDISCERNIBLE] I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE TO CALL THEM, TO BE QUITE FRANK.
>> THEY'RE ELDERS. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD THINK SO.
BUT MY THOUGHT WAS TO BE ABLE TO CALL UPON THEM TO HELP SIT ON THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEES FOR
OUR HISTORY ADOPTIONS. >> RIGHT. >> I WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT WOULD BE A START THERE, ALSO TO HELP MAKE SURE OUR SELECTIONS OF WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY WERE AT LEAST BETTER. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THEY'LL BE GREAT BUT AT LEAST THEY WOULD BE BETTER. IT'S ALWAYS A WORK IN PROGRESS. AND I'M NOT SURE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, FOR THAT MATTER. >> I HAVE A PARENT THAT'S ON THE CURRICULUM ADOPTION COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY'D ASKED FOR SOME NATIVE LISTS TO BE ON THERE SO I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF WE HAVE AN ELDER THAT WAS ON THAT COMMITTEE, BUT I KNOW WE DO HAVE A PARENT THAT REVIEWS THEM AND SHARES WITH THE PARENT COMMITTEE IN REGARDS TO THAT.
THAT IS A GOOD SUGGESTION. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALSO SOME WORK WORKING WITH THE DIVERSITY PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE -- I KNOW CULTURALLY WE'VE GOT TO BE -- PROBABLY HAVE A NEGATIVE GRADE WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING WITH THE NATIONS BUT I WOULD LOVED TO SEE US BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, THE -- WELL INTENTIONS IS NOT A FAUX PAS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> YEAH. AND THERE HAVE BEEN -- NATIVE PEOPLE ARE FINDING MORE OF A VOICE SO WHEN YOU DO SEE STUFF I CAN THINK OF AN INSTANT IN NOVEMBER WHERE IT WAS A SEVENTH GRADE CLASS AROUND THE NEW BUFFALO AND IT WAS IN A BOOK AND SO THERE WERE MANY DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD WITH THE TEACHER, WITH THE CURRICULUM WRITERS, EVEN BROUGHT THE SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE WHO WENT TO THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ASKED THEM TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE WORDS THAT THEY USED BECAUSE THOSE WORDS ARE ENDING UP IN THE TEXTBOOKS AND THOSE WORDS ARE MISINTERPRETED BY CERTAIN PEOPLE AND SO THAT WORD AND THAT PART OF THE TEXT IS NOT BEING USED IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ANYMORE BECAUSE IT WAS VERY OFFENSIVE TO A TRIBAL MEMBER AND ESPECIALLY A STUDENT THAT WAS IN THAT CLASSROOM AND I THINK PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT OUR CHILDREN COME HOME AND THEY TELL US WORD FOR WORD WHAT HAPPENS IN A CLASSROOM AND THAT PARENT IS ON THE PHONE TO ME. SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, IN A CLASSROOM IN AN ONLINE CLASS AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WORK THROUGH WITH A TEACHER, WITH THE CURRICULUM PEOPLE. THERE'S A CERTAIN PROTOCOL THAT YOU NEED TO FOLLOW TO BE RESPECTFUL TO HAVE CHANGE HAPPEN. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY DIPLOMATIC ABOUT DOING AND SO IT MIGHT NOT ALWAYS HIT THE SCHOOL BOARD AND IT MIGHT NOT ALWAYS HIT DR. HOLMAN'S OFFICE OR MIKE VAN HORTEN'S OFFICE OR [INDISCERNIBLE] BECAUSE WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT THE WAY WE NEED TO.
IF WE NEEDED TO ESCALATE IT, THEN IT WOULD HAPPEN. BUT YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO
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ESCALATE BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND BEING RESPECTFUL AND WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING, NOT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IT'S WRONG. THE NEW BUFFALO [INDISCERNIBLE] I COULD SEE WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE AN ANALOGY BUT I'M LIKE, THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO TEACH SOVEREIGNTY. IT'S NOT ABOUT USING CASINOS, SO VERY INTERESTING BUT PROBABLY DIDN'T MAKE THE NEWS. PROBABLY DIDN'T MAKE THE BOARD. PROBABLY -- I KNOW IT DID MAKE DR. HOLMAN'S DESK BUT IT'S TAKEN CARE OF. AND THAT'S THE WAY THINGS SHOULD WORK IN AN ORGANIZATION WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE CHANGE. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO COME FROM THE TOP DOWN ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO CERTAIN THINGS. I DO AGREE WITH YOU, MARK, THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE THERE. I KNOW WITH TRAININGS WITH THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND NOW THE BEINGS, I'M DOING A WORKSHOP ON MARCH 11, ASKED ME TO COME AND BE A PART ABOUT THAT AND IT'S ABOUT THE BELONGINGS AND HOW INDIGENOUS CHILDREN -- HOW YOU CAN CREATE A SENSE OF BELONGING WITHIN YOUR SCHOOLS AND WITHIN YOUR CLASSROOMS AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IN THE PAST TWO YEARS -- ACTUALLY PAST THREE YEARS I JUST HAVE SEEN A CHANGE IN ATTITUDE AROUND WASHINGTON STATE, YOU KNOW, IN REGARDS TO HIRING DIVERSITY DIRECTORS, SO THERE'S GOOD WORK AND, YOU KNOW, SURE, IT'S A BUMPY ROAD.IT'S A BUMPY ROAD ANY TIME YOU START SOMETHING NEW AND ANY TIME PEOPLE GET UNCOMFORTABLE OR BROUGHT TO TEARS SOMETIMES IN TALKING ABOUT THE TOUGH ISSUES AND CHALLENGES.
I HAVE TO SAY IT ALL GOES BACK TO OUR HISTORY. HOW DO WE MAKE REPORATION.
DID IT START WITH WE THE PEOPLE A WOMAN LAST NIGHT FROM THE MASCOAGI TRIBE AND TALKED ABOUT GOVERNMENT AND WAS REALLY INTERESTING. THESE KIDS ARE SO, SO SMART.
I THINK THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR COUNTRY IS GOING TO CHANGE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THESE KIDS GET OUT OF SCHOOL. BUT SHE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR GOVERNMENTS AND MAYBE WE NEED AN UPRISING. SHE USED THE WORD, "UPRISING," AND I LIKE THAT WORD. THIS HOLDS HOPE FOR ME BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE REALLY STRONG RESILIENT CHILDREN THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT STRONGER AND WE'RE GOING TO LEAD THEM IN THAT DIRECTION WITH THAT HEALING AND THEY NEED TO GO BACK AND KNOW THEIR HISTORY SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD AND THEY CAN COME UP WITH WORDS LIKE AN, "UPRISING" TO MAKE THIS NATION BETTER. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE U.S., YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO THAT. AND OUR CHILDREN ARE THINKING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A LITTLE NINTH GRADER AT WANITTA HIGH SCHOOL, AND JUST MATURITY OF YEARS BEYOND SHE IS NOW AS A NINTH GRADER. IT'S PRETTY COOL TO HEAR WHAT HER THOUGHTS WERE BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THE CHILDREN AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS EDUCATORS, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM AND I KNOW I'M KIND OF JUMPING OFF OF THE SUBJECT SO I PROBABLY NEED TO MOVE ON. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. MIKE, I SEE YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP.
>> JUST A COMMENT. MARK ASKED ABOUT THE CURRICULUM AND JEN ROSE AND CRYSTAL STEPHENS AND MARY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM.
I'LL PUT A LINK IN THE CHAT AND A NEW DESCRIPTION OF ONE OF OUR EIGHTH-GRADE COURSES SO YOU CAN SEE HOW [INDISCERNIBLE] CALLED OUT EXPLICITLY, AND THAT'S WITH MARY'S GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO GET THAT AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME TO GET HERE BUT I THINK WE'RE MAKING MOVEMENT IN THAT
DIRECTION, SO IT SPEAKS TO YOUR QUESTION, MARK. >> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT. WHEN I TALKED, YOU KNOW, WELL-INTENTIONED EFFORTS BEING FAUX PAS, I THINK BACK TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL NAMED [INDISCERNIBLE] AND IT'S TO HONOR THE CHIEF BUT IS THAT A FAUX PAS IN TRYING TO DO SO. I DON'T KNOW.
I WOULDN'T WANT US TO THINK WE'RE HONORING SOMEONE AND ACTUALLY BEING A NEGATIVE.
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>> RIGHT. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MARK. A LOT OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE NAMED AFTERNOON DIFFERENT PEOPLE. ROSA PARK. BUT LIKE EINSTEIN.
THERE'S DIFFERENT NAMES OF SCHOOL. SO WITH KAMIEAKIN, WHO IS THAT? ACTUALLY A CHIEF FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS, IF YOU KNOW THE HISTORY.
HE'S NOT EVEN FROM THIS AREA BUT FOR SOME REASON HIS NAME WAS PUT ON A SCHOOL BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A NAME OF SOMEONE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW -- LIKE I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEIR NAME WAS CHANGED AND SO THEY'RE THE REDHAWKS NOW.
IT'S NO LONGER THE NAME THAT THEY HAD BEFORE, AND WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I DID WAS TO GO SEE THEIR SUPERINTENDENT, YOU KNOW, AND SAY, HEY, HOW ARE YOU GUYS FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS. EVERYBODY ELSE IS CHANGING NAMES. WHY AREN'T YOU? THE ONLY THING THAT GOT THEM TO CHANGE THE NAME THERE WAS A HOUSE BILL AND SENATE BILL THAT WENT THROUGH REQUIRING SCHOOLS TO CHANGE THEIR NAMES AND SO KAMIEAKIN IT'S A NAME OF AN INDIVIDUALS.
I THINK WHERE I WOULD TAKE MAYBE -- IF IT WAS BEING DONE IN A DISRESPECTFUL WAY SO I THINK YOU NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN REGARDS TO THAT IF PEOPLE WERE SHOWING UP WITH HEAD DRESSES AND DOING CERTAIN THINGS, I WOULD BE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE WE NEED TO CHANGE THE NAME IF THOSE KIND OF THINGS WERE HAPPENING BUT I SEE OTHER NAMES OF SCHOOLS OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ACTUALLY INDIVIDUALS. SO HOW DO YOU HONOR THAT? I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU USE A NAME WITH THE HONORING BEHIND THAT. I THINK WITH SOME, WHEN YOU DO THINGS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I'M TRYING TO THINK, I KNOW SAMMAMISH HIGH SCHOOL CHANGED THEIR NAME AND I WAS SO GLAD TO SEE IT BECOME A BILL WHERE IT WAS REQUIRED FOR THEM TO MAKE THE CHANGES BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT ON THEIR OWN.
THERE WAS TOO MUCH OF A FOLLOWING OF PEOPLE FROM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS 40, 50, 60 YEARS AGO THAT THEY WERE TOTEMS AND THEY WERE ALWAYS GOING TO BE TOTEMS, AND SO NOW THEY'VE CHANGED THEIR NAME, SO I'VE SEEN THAT ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE WHERE SCHOOLS HAVE CHANGED THEIR NAME AND NAMED THEM MORE APPROPRIATE NAMES. LET ME SEE.
WHERE AM I ON THIS. ESSENTIAL THINGS TO INCLUDE IN A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, YOU KNOW, IT'S PLACE BASED, WHERE WE'RE LIVING. WE'RE AT THE RESOURCE CENTER.
THAT'S WHERE YOU PRIMARILY HAVE ALL YOUR BOARD MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, AS A BOARD BUT YOU'RE ALSO OVER HOW MANY DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. I THINK THERE'S 110 SCHOOLS.
IN OUR DISTRICT, HOW MANY SCHOOLS DO WE HAVE IN OUR DISTRICT.
I ALWAYS JUST DO ALL THREE TOGETHER. >> 57.
>> 57. OH, MY GOSH. 57 SCHOOLS.
THAT'S A LOT OF SCHOOLS. PLACE BASED. WHERE ARE OUR SCHOOLS LOCATED.
THAT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT WHEN YOU'RE INCLUDING IN A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
WHO ARE WE WORKING WITH BECAUSE IT'S A GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP, ESSA REQUIRES US TO HAVE CONSULTATION. OUR TRIBE IS THE SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE.
WE WANT TO HONOR THE TRIBAL PEOPLE AND WE WANT TO HONOR THE LAND.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY OF THAT NATION, I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT WORD, THAT IT'S A SOVEREIGN WORD, IT'S NATION-TO-NATION CONSULTATION, COLLABORATION, RECOGNIZE THAT THE TRIBAL TERRITORY AND THEN TO RECOGNIZE THE TREATY OF 1855.
THAT'S WHY I LIKE THAT LITTLE VIDEO CLIP BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT THE POINT ELLIOTT TREATY OF 1855. THIS IS WHAT IS SUGGESTED BY SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, IT DOES HAVE SOME OF THE LANGUAGE.
MAYBE ONE OF THESE TIMES WE COULD HAVE THE LANGUAGE PERSON COME IN AND SHE'S ACTUALLY A FORMER STUDENT FROM LAKE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL. SHE GRADUATED OUT OF HERE.
HER CHILDREN GRADUATED OUT OF LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS IS THE SUGGESTED -- BECAUSE
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PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK THEM, WHICH I THINK IS KIND OF -- TRIBES ARE REALLY NICE ABOUT IT BECAUSE PEOPLE GO, YOU KNOW, WHAT LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT SHOULD WE DO INSTEAD OF THEM CREATING THEIR OWN, THEY'RE ASKING THE TRIBE TO CREATE ONE, THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SAYING TO HONOR THE TRIBE SO THE TRIBE IS WRITING THEIR OWN HONORING OR OWN RECOGNITION OF THE LAND WHICH KINDS OF SEEMS BACKYARDS TO ME AND I GUESS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I REMEMBER SAYING THAT BECAUSE WHEN I'VE DONE TRAININGS BEFORE I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY DELICATE ABOUT IT, BUT I'M LIKE, HOW HARD IS THAT FOR SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE TO WRITE A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT WHEN WE SHOULD BE DOING THE WORK AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE LAND. THIS IS WHAT THEY WROTE AND THIS IS WHERE YOU SEE DUWAMISH IN HERE AND THEY ACTUALLY PUT THAT FIRST.I THOUGHT HOW INTERESTING. WHAT A GRACIOUS TRIBE, YOU KNOW, TO DO THAT BECAUSE NOT ALL TRIBES ARE LIKE THAT, LIKE MUCKLESHOOT WON'T MENTION THE DUWAMASH TRIBE.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUT THEM AGAINST EACH OTHER, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PUT THEM AGAINST EACH OTHER IN REGARDS TO TRIBAL LANDS.
IN THIS ONE, IF YOU LOOK YOU'LL SEE AGO IS MENTIONED IN THERE, AND MANY OTHERS, AND THEN THEY MENTION THEMSELVES IN THERE IN REGARDS TO IT. IT'S NOT A LONG STATEMENT.
YOU COULD TAKE OUT THE LANGUAGE. WE COULD BRING THEIR LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT IN AND THEY COULD HELP US LEARN TO SAY THE WORDS, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR LANGUAGE. THAT MIGHT BE -- IF YOU DECIDE TO USE THE LANGUAGE. AND MCKENNA SAID, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, JUST TO CONTACT HER. I THINK ONCE A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS CREATED BY THE BOARD THEN WE SHARE IT WITH THE TRIBE JUST TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THIS WORK AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH AND WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU.
AND I THINK THAT'S JUST -- IT'S A GREAT WAY TO BUILD TRUST AND TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH
SOMEONE. >> IT'S A COURTESY. >> YEAH.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OR WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE LAST SLIDE?
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION, MARY. A FEW SLIDES BACK YOU KIND OF ASKED US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE THINK A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS. AS YOU WERE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT IT IT FEELS LIKE A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS ALMOST AN OUTCOME OF THE WORK THAT INDIVIDUALS, AND IN THIS TERM, A GOVERNING BODY, IS COMMITTING TO DO IT AND SO BECAUSE YOU COMMIT TO THIS WORK, THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT REALLY IS AN OUTCOME OF THAT WHICH IS RECOGNITION AND HONORING HISTORY AND ALL OF THOSE PIECES. WOULD IT ALSO BE APPROPRIATE TO POTENTIALLY ALSO RECOGNIZE THE BOARD'S KIND OF COMMITMENT TO ONGOING ACTION WITHIN THEIR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT SO THAT IT'S THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT BUT KIND OF THE ONGOING COMMITMENT PIECE TO DOING WORK, ENGAGING WITH LOCAL TRIBAL LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
WOULD THAT BE AN APPROPRIATE PIECE TO ADD AS WELL? >> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PIECE BECAUSE I DON'T ALWAYS SEE THAT. I DID SEE THAT IN ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH THEIR LAND. WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE OF ESSA, YOU KNOW, WITH CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION. THAT'S JUST PART OF IT.
OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE HAVE TO DO THAT TO ACCESS OUR TITLE FUNDS.
THAT'S JUST THE WAY OSPI SET IT UP FOR US. SO WITH THAT I THINK THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD ADD TO THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE IN THERE AND THE PIECE THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS IN WRITING AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING IN WRITING AND YOU SHOW IT, IT DOES BRING MORE MEANING TO THE WORDS THAT YOU'RE
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SEEING. GO AHEAD, CHRIS. >> THIS IS SPECTACULAR.
MY INSTINCT IS I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS LANGUAGE AND TO AUGMENT -- TO ME THERE'S MUCH MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID AND IT CAN'T BE SAID AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING, SO THE LONG VERSION LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, TO ME, AS A BOARD MEMBER, SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY BASICALLY DRAFT THE HISTORICAL ESSAY ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO EACH OF THE TRIBAL GROUPS UPON WHOM JOE THEIR LAND IS NOW INSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT AND TO BASICALLY HOPEFULLY GO BACK AND FORTH WITH MCKENNA AND HOW OFFENSIVE IS IT. WHAT HAVE I SCREWED UP.
WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN RIGHT BUT REALLY TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT TEACHES THE HISTORY RATHER THAN ACKNOWLEDGING IT IN SHORTHAND AND NOT SOMETHING -- I'M HONESTLY THINKING THIS IS GOING TO BE AT LEAST A THREE OR FOUR-PAGE ESSAY, BEFORE YOU ADD PICTURES.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED MAPS AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS BUT IT'S SOMEBODY WHO COMES INTO OUR DISTRICT WHO, LIKE ME, DIDN'T GROW UP HERE AND DOESN'T KNOW THE LOCAL ANYTHING, DIDN'T HAVE A KID WHO WENT THROUGH WHATEVER LEVEL OF WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY WE HAD, COULD ACTUALLY SEE THAT HISTORY DIRECTLY, ACKNOWLEDGE FROM OUR BOARD PAGE, WITHOUT HAVING TO COME TO A MEETING AND TALK TO US. ANYWAY, I'M ACTUALLY FOR ONCE VOLUNTEERING TO DO SUCH A THING.
AND I'LL TAKE A CRACK AT DRAFTING SOMETHING AND I'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH MCKENNA, IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION, BUT REALLY HIS SOMETHING I THINK
WE NEED TO DO SO MUCH MORE THAN ONE PARAGRAPH. >> SIRI, THE TALKING STICK IS
YOURS. >> I WOULD JUST BUILD OFF OF THAT IN REGARDS TO AS I THINK OF THAT LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE, THOSE MAKE A LOT OF SENSE BUT, YOU KNOW, CAN WE PERHAPS JUST ADD A PIECE OF THAT HISTORY OR COMPONENT AT THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS SO IT'S NOT THE SAME THING EVERY TIME BUT YOU'RE TOUCHING ON A DIFFERENT POINT AS YOU'RE DOING THOSE AND PROVIDING SOME OF THAT IN SMALLER BITS OF WHAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT SO, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S JUST A TOPIC. THAT'S JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF JUST ADDING TO IT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A FEASIBLE OPTION. I JUST WAS THINKING HOW YOU BRING THIS TO LIFE AND MAKE IT MEANINGFUL EACH TIME IT IS READ AND DOESN'T BECOME A
PREEFUNGTERRI ACT. >> YOU KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE A REALLY -- SOMETHING FOR YOU TO EXPLORE AS A BOARD IS SUSIE WHAT OTHER -- DON'T WE HAVE LIKE 296 SCHOOL DISTRICTS SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME THAT HAVE ALREADY -- THEY'RE FARTHER ALONG THE JOURNEY WITH THIS AND MAYBE YOU CAN GET IDEAS OF, HOWEVER, THEY'VE DONE IT BECAUSE WHY REINVENT THE WHEEL IF YOU FIND SOMEONE DOING IT A WAY THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADOPT INTO THE BOARD.
THE OTHER THING, LIKE I PUT IN HERE BOARD POLICY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ALWAYS TELLS ME WHEN YOU GET READY TO RETIRE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ACCORDING TO MARY ANYMORE.
WHAT YOU'VE DUNCAN ALL GO AWAY IN AN INSTANT. SO HOW ARE YOU -- WHAT YOU'VE DONE CAN ALL GO AWAY WITHIN AN INSTANT. YOU HAVE GREAT INTENTIONS AS BOARD MEMBERS BUT ONCE YOU'RE NOT ON THE BOARD ANYMORE AND SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN, HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. THE GOOD CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD TONIGHT AND THE GOOD TEACHINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TONIGHT, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THAT, SO 15, 20 YEARS FROM NOW PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND AND IT WILL BE WRITTEN IN POLICY, THIS IS WHAT WE DECIDED IN 2022, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO HONOR IN 2050 OR ELSE IT'S GOING TO GET LOST. SO I STRUGGLED WITH THAT JUST WITH THE JOB I DO WITHIN THE THREE DISTRICTS I WORK FOR BECAUSE SOME DAY SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO COME IN AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THIS POSITION SO IT MIGHT BE DONE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BUT IF YOU'VE GOT IT IN POLICY THEN YOU HAVE THAT PROTECTION IN PLACE SO THERE'S A GUIDE FOR THOSE THAT COME AFTER YOU. SO I DID PUT BOARD POLICIES KIND OF AN IMPORTANT THING AND I
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DON'T KNOW IF WE -- I HAVEN'T SEEN POLICY AND I DON'T KNOW, IS IT PARENTS THAT BRING UP POLICY OR IS IT THE BOARD THAT CREATES THE POLICY TO PROTECT CERTAIN RIGHTS AND CERTAIN WAYS OF DOING THINGS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. I GUESS THAT'S A QUESTION FROM ME TO YOU.>> ASSUMING YOU MIGHT LIKE TO GET SOME PIECE OF ANSWER, WE'VE READ CONSTANTLY ABOUT WHETHER THINGS WE DO WILL OUTLIVE OUR TENURE. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE.
THE CHALLENGE IS ALWAYS HOW MUCH DO YOU HARD-WIRE VERSUS HOW MUCH DO YOU COVER WITH BROADER THINGS. MY QUESTION IS THAT THE RESPECT FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS, ONE COULD INTERPRET THAT ALREADY BUT OF COURSE IT'S NOT EXPLICIT. IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE NEED TO EXPLORE. I'M SURE SIRI HAS STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT IT.
THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE US TRYING TO WRITE THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF IT INTO OUR POLICIES IS DANGEROUS. THE WORLD DOES MOVE. MAYBE WE'LL NEED TO REVISE IT IN THE FUTURE BUT IT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO US NOW AND IT WILL YOU'VE LIVE US TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S IN OUR POLICIES. SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT ALREADY.
YES, BOARD POLICY, PARENTS CAN BRING US DRAFTS OF SOMETHING. IN GENERAL IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS HARDER TO DRAFT THAN IT LOOKS. I THINK SIRI HAS BEEN QUITE THE -- SHE'S WORKED VERY HARD ON GETTING THE POLICIES TO ACTUALLY MEAN WHAT WE INTENDED THEM TO
MEAN. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT THE BOARD FORMALLY RECOGNIZES CONTENT, EITHER THROUGH RESOLUTIONS OR STATEMENTS OR PROCLAMATIONS AND THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THINGS THAT CAN BE MEMORY LIDS FORMALLY BY -- MEMORIALIZED.
>> I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT HOW OUR OPERATING PROCEDURES FROM THE GOVERNMENT SIDE CAN DEFINITELY BUILD SOME OF THIS IN BECAUSE I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR WAY OF SAYING HOW WOULD YOU LOOK FOR THAT LONGEVITY AND PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, THAT LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT COULD SHIFT THE ACTUAL WORDS BUT THE RATIONALE AND THE CONCEPTS AND REASON DON'T NECESSARILY, SO I APPRECIATE THIS AND I'M PRETTY SURE WE COULD IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
>> I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IT SITS ON -- THERE'S A CERTAIN PROTOCOL THAT YOUR AGENDA FOLLOWS AND SO IT WOULD JUST BE A PART OF THE PROTOCOL OF THAT AGENDA, SO IT WOULD SIT THERE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS, THAT IT WOULD BE A PART THAT JUST SAYS LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND SO MAYBE THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO LOOK AT IT AND IT JUST BECOMES THE PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOW AS A BOARD. THIS WAS I THOUGHT FOR YOU AS A BOARD AND AS A GROUP WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, HOW WE WOULD FORMULATE IT AND WORKING TOGETHER, WRITING IT DOWN, YOU KNOW, FEELING COMFORTABLE.
ANY TIME YOU DO SOMETHING NEW, YOU CAN STUMBLE A LITTLE BIT. BUT EVENTUALLY IT WILL BECOME WHERE IT FEELS RIGHT. IT FEELS LIKE A GOOD OLD PAIR OF SNEAKERS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON SO THEN YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT IT AND IT'S READY TO WORK. IT'S READY TO SHARE WITH THE TRIBE. AND THEN WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO USE IT.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING -- BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD SOME CLASSROOMS, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT OTHERS WHERE THEY START EVERY DAY AND I THOUGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S NECESSARY. THERE'S CERTAIN TIMES WHENOVER INVITING PEOPLE INTO YOUR GROUP -- I DON'T DO A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT EVERY MONDAY NIGHT AT OUR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM. THERE'S A PLACE AND A TIME WHERE I DO LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
I'LL DO ONE ON MARCH 11TH WHEN I HAVE TEACHERS IN FRONT OF ME. BUT I'M ALSO BEING DIRECTED TO DO ONE BY THE DISTRICT BUT I WOULD HAVE DONE ONE ANYWAY BECAUSE THAT'S A TIME WE'RE BRINGING TOGETHER A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN A WORKSHOP SITUATION SO THERE'S A TIME AND PLACE TO DO IT. I THINK THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE.
GO AHEAD. I SEE A HAND UP. >> YES. I'M LATE BUT JUST CHIMING IN HERE AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER IT'S EMBEDDED IN BOARD POLICY BUT I
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WAS LOOKING THROUGH OUR POLICIES AND IN PARTICULAR WE HAVE WHAT ARE CALLED OPERATIONAL GOVERNANCE POLICIES WHICH, IN ENGLISH, AND THAT'S OUR STATED COMMITMENT FOR HOW WE'LL OPERATE AS A BOARD, JUST THE BOARD ITSELF, AND ONE OF THEM, WE HAVE ONE FOR BOARD MEETINGS, OGP 0 3.WE COULD -- AN OPTION FOR THE BOARD COULD BE WE COULD HAVE -- IT'S PRETTY DESCRIPTIVE ON HOW THE MEETINGS COULD WORK AND WE COULD HAVE IN THERE THAT EACH BOARD MEETING WILL BEGIN OR TALK ABOUT WHERE IT WOULD FALL IN THERE WITH A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND IT WOULD BE EMBEDDED IN THAT POLICY GOING FORWARD. THAT'S AN OPTION FOR HAVING IT EMBEDDED IN POLICY SO THAT IT'S
CLEAR FOR NOT JUST US BUT FOR ANYONE ELSE. >> -- [CROSSTALK] --
>> RULES AND ORDERS IN THERE. IT'S HOW WE HOLD THE MEETINGS, SO I THINK IT'S WOULD BE A VERY
NATURAL PLACE TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS. >> YES.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE IT FALLS. >> YEAH.
I THINK THAT'S A PERFECT PLACE FOR IT. IF THAT'S ADOPTED, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING AS A DISTRICT WE COULD SHARE LIKE WITH YOUR WASDA PARTNERS, THE 295 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WE COULD LEAD THE WAY IN THAT IN MAKING THAT IN THE GOVERNANCE PART, YOU KNOW, ZERO3. GREAT SUGGESTION. THAT'S EXCITING.
AS I LOOKED AT THIS I THINK THIS IS ABOUT PROBABLY [INDISCERNIBLE] VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO SHARE THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. LIKE I SAID, I'M HAVING A DISCUSSION TOMORROW BECAUSE THERE'S SOMEONE ASKING ME TO FIND A TRIBAL MEMBER FROM SNOQUALMIE TO DO THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AT THIS MEETING. A HUGE TRAINING IN MAY AND I'M THINKING, NO, DON'T ASK -- YOU'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR LAND. YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO COME AND DO LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. IT'S BACKWARDS. SOMETIMES I THINK WE'RE STILL LEARNING, WHAT DOES IT MEAN, WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE SAYING IT. WHY ARE WE SAYING IT.
WHO ARE WE SAYING IT TO. THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS LAND SO WE NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT WHO WE ASK TO COME. IF WE WANT TO ASK A NATIVE STUDENT THAT'S NOT SNOQUALMIE OR [INDISCERNIBLE] OR DUWAMASH, IT'S PERFECT BUT BE CAREFUL OF ASKING THOSE ON THE LAND THAT WE'RE ON BECAUSE THEN WE'RE ASKING THEM TO BE ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR OWN LAND. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT -- IT DOESN'T SIT WITH ME VERY WELL.
LEAH, I THINK YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP. >> YES.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS INFORMATION. FOR ME, I DIDN'T GROW UP IN THIS AREA EITHER, JUST LIKE CHRIS, AND SO FOR ME ALL OF THIS IS VERY NEW INFORMATION.
LIKE IT WASN'T IN MY BACKGROUND AND I HAVE NO HISTORY, AS ANY OF US, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE JUST GETTING THIS CHANCE TO HEAR YOU SPEAK ABOUT IT. I'D ALSO LIKE TO JUMP ON WITH CHRIS' IDEA OF I THINK THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AT THE MEETING ITSELF IS GREAT.
MAYBE EVEN IF WE COULD END IT WITH A -- EVERY TIME DIRECTING ANYBODY WHO HEARS IT TO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE LAND, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE BECAUSE WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, X, Y, Z, TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION.
WE'RE NOT UNIQUE. WE HAVE SO MANY FAMILIES THAT ARE FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COUNTRY AND DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND I WOULD MAKE THE ASSUMPTION, EVEN THOUGH YOU SHOULDN'T ASSUME, THAT THEY DON'T KNOW EITHER, SO THIS IS SUCH A -- IT'S A HUGE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, I FEEL LIKE, AND IF WE COULD BE THE SOURCE OF THAT, THAT WOULD
BE GREAT. >> LOVE IT. LOVE IT.
>> CHRIS, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND NOW VERY CLEARLY THE IMPORTANCE THAT A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS FROM US, NOT SOMETHING WHERE WE INVITE SOMEONE TO GIVE IT. AT THIS SAME TIME IT'S UTTERLY CRITICAL TO ME THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S DONE IN COORDINATION WITH THE NATIVE TRIBES SO THAT WE DON'T SAY SOMETHING THAT IS GIVING OFFENSE WHERE IT WASN'T INTENDED OR IS
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INACCURATE HISTORICALLY, SO I APPRECIATE YOU OPENING THE DOOR ON THAT AND I'M VERY EXCITEDABOUT DOING A BIT MORE RESEARCH ON THIS. >> THANK YOU.
JUST ONE LAST THING, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION WAS THE FLAGS OF OUR NATIONS AND I KNOW WITH DR. HOLMAN, WE HAD A CONVERSATION BACK IN JANUARY OF 2020 AND WE WERE SO EXCITED. WE WERE MEETING WITH THE TRIBE AND THEY HAD OFFERED TO GIFT OUR DISTRICT THEIR FLAG. WE LOOKED AT A SPACE DOWNSTAIRS IN THE RESOURCE CENTER.
I THINK RIGHT NOW IT HOLDS MAYBE -- AND IT'S STILL THERE AND STILL HOLDING THE SAME STAFF. I WALKED BY IT TODAY AND WAS LOOKING AT IT.
I THINK IT HAS SOME AWARDS IN THERE, SO THE SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE ACTUALLY HAS A PLAQUE WITH A SAYING FROM THEIR TRIBE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE WILLING TO GIFT TO US, SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING A DISPLAY IN THERE AND THEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WOULD RECOGNIZE THE TRIBE IN THE RESOURCE CENTER AND THEN THE PANDEMIC HIT AND EVERYTHING KIND OF SHUT DOWN AND THE TRIBE JUST HASN'T -- WE HAVEN'T COME BACK TO THAT. SO I JUST PUT THAT ON THERE.
I KNOW THAT CONVERSATION HAPPENED -- IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS NOW THAT IT HAPPENED AND I DON'T KNOW EVEN IF THEY'RE READY TO REENGAGE IN THAT BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK FORWARDS TO IN THE FUTURE. I THINK LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT RIGHT NOW AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO AROUND THAT IS A BIG PROJECT, YOU KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY BRINGING THE MEANINGFUL ACCOUNTABILITY TO IT AND TEACHING MORE HISTORY AND HOWEVER YOU DECIDE AS A BOARD TO DO THAT BUT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR WE CAN START LOOKING AT HAVING THE SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE TRIBAL FLAG SOMEWHERE WE COULD DISPLAY IT AND UTILIZE IT AND THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER WAY OF BUILDING A TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP. I HAVE SEEN IT IN OTHER DISTRICTS. I THINK TOOLAILUP, WHERE THEY FLY THE FLAG AND THERE'S OTHER DISTRICTS WHO HAVE STARTED WITH THAT. I THINK DOWN IN NAQUALLI, AND THERE'S FLAGS THERE SO I JUST PUT THAT IN AS A THOUGHT ABOUT , YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD RE-LOOK AT IT IN ANOTHER YEAR FROM NOW WHERE THINGS GET A LITTLE MORE NORMAL AND THEY'RE MEETING IN
PERSON AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE. I JUST WANTED TO END WITH THAT. >> I WOULD HATE FOR US TO PUT IT OFF TOO LONG, THE PROCESS. I THINK THAT IF WE CAN GET THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT ITSELF AS OUR BEGINNING POINT AND STRESS THIS IS ONLY A BEGINNING AND THEN BUILD INTO THE ESSAYS, BUILD INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE ONE GOING WITH A STAIR-STEP, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE HAVE A TENDENCY FOR THINGS TO KEEP ON ROLLING DOWN THE HILL AND WE NEVER GET TO IT THEN AND IT'S WITH THE BEST INTENTIONS BUT WE WANT TO GET IT SO PERFECT THAT WILL IT NEVER ENDS UP HAPPENING AND I WOULDS HATE FOR THAT TO BE IN THIS CASE. AND THE FLAG, I LIKE THAT IN THE DISPLAY AND I KEY SEE SOME PEOPLE SAYING THAT'S KIND OF SHOVING IT TO THE SIDE.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF FLYING IT ALSO OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS, ALONG WITH THE UNITED STATES AND STATE FLAG. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROTOCOL IS.
I'M SURE THESE OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE ALREADY FIGURED IT OUT. I CAN SEE IT BEING IN THE DISPLAY AND ALSO BEING FLOWN, IF NOWHERE ELSE, AT LEAST AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
>> I THINK THAT WILL WAS A DISCUSSION THAT WE WERE STARTING TO HAVE BACK IN JANUARY OF 2020, AND WE HAD THE FIRST MEETING AND THEN AFTER THAT IT KIND OF GOT PUT ON HOLD.
TO ME, FLYING IT OUT IN THE FRONT WOULD BE THE MOST RESPECTFUL PLACE TO PUT IT, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE FLAG AND WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG.
SO I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY -- IT WOULD SERVE US WELL TO TALK TO MARIESVILLE, TO YOUNG SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I CAN FIND OUT THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND HOW THEY'VE APPROACHED IT.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO START. AND I THINK EVEN IN THE WASDA MEETINGS. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKS AND WHEN THOSE TRAININGS HAPPEN OR
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IF YOU DO THOSE ONLINE BUT THERE'S PROBABLY A STATE BOARD, I'M ASSUMING, THAT YOU WORK WITH DIRECTLY IN REGARDS TO TRAININGS AND QUESTIONS THAT YOU COULD GET FROM THEM OF HOW OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE DONE THAT, OTHER DISTRICTS MIGHT HAVE DONE THAT WITH THE FLYING OF THEIR FLAGS.I SEE YOUR HAND IS UP. >> YEAH. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRY TO COORDINATE THOSE TWO, WHENEVER WE ARE READY WITH OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, THE FIRST TIME THAT WE DO IT, TO ALSO HAVE THAT BE THE SAME TIME THAT WE DISPLAY [INDISCERNIBLE] IF WE COULD TRY TO COORDINATE THOSE TWO THINGS.
>> I THINK AT THAT TIME THAT -- [CROSSTALK] -- >> THAT WOULD BE THE PERFECT TIME TO INVITE THE TRIBE TO COME AND THEY WOULD BE PART OF IT AND SO YOU'RE WORKING TOGETHER, PARTNERING TOGETHER, AND THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF EXCHANGE I WOULD ASSUME BUT WE COULD SET UP WHAT THAT PROTOCOL WOULD LOOK LIKE. IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT I THINK IN THE NATIVE COMMUNITY, WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS, YOU ALWAYS DO A FEED. YOU ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THAT NATION THAT'S COMING INTO YOUR SCHOOL TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN HELP YOU WITH AT THAT TIME, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, BUT THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. THAT IS -- THE TRIBE WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT HONORING AND IT
WOULD JUST BUILD A MORE TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP. >> A FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY, IF
YOU WILL. >> CAN I ASK IF THE OTHER TRIBES THAT ARE IN THAT LAND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, IF THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN FLAGS AS WELL. >> I KNOW DUWAMASH WAS CREATING A FLAG BECAUSE I WORK THE NORTH SHORE AS WELL AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPORTERS OF THE DUWAMASH TRIBE. I SUPPORT THEM. SOMETIMES LIKE WHEN THEY WANT TO FLY THE DUWAMASH FLAG AT THEIR SCHOOL. I'M LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO GIVE BACK TO THAT COMMUNITY. DON'T JUST FLY IT FOR THE FACT YOU ARE FLYING IT.
AND REALLY ARE YOU GOING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS BECAUSE TOOLAILUP TRIBES IS THE [INDISCERNIBLE] AS AN EMPLOYEE OF LAKE WASHINGTON, NORTH SHORE AND BELLEVUE, I WOULD ALSO DEFER TO THE
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT. >> IS THERE A TERM FOR THE GREATER -- IS IT THE SAILISH
PEOPLE? KOASAILISH PEOPLE. >> YEAH.
>> THANK YOU. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS BUT THIS CONCLUDES MY PART OF THE TRAINING OR WORKSHOP ON LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. I'M ALWAYS WILLING TO TAKE A PHONE CALL OR ANSWER AN EMAIL OR, YOU KNOW, LOOK OVER WHATEVER YOU HAVE, MAKE THE CONNECTION WITH YOU WITH THE SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE WHEN IT GETS TO THAT POINT.
I KNOW YOU'LL DO A GREAT JOB. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND NOT RUSHING INTO SOMETHING, LIKE TAKING THE TIME TO CREATE SOMETHING AND MAKING IT MEANINGFUL BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY WE NEED TO DO THINGS IN OUR LIVES, YOU KNOW, TO CREATE BALANCE AND CREATE A SAFE PLACE, A BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR US, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SIRI, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> JUST AS I WAS LISTENING AND THE PIECE THAT CAME TO MIND AS WE LOOK AT DRAFTING THIS LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, IS THIS SOMETHING ALSO TO SHARE WITH YOUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND
HAVE THEM HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT AS WELL. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL GESTURE BECAUSE I KNOW MY FAMILIES, I THINK THAT JUST BRINGS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE
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LOOKING AT INCLUSIVENESS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE INCLUDING THEM ON SOMETHING, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR, SO I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE IT WITH MY FAMILIES, WITH MY PARENT COMMITTEE, WITH STUDENTS, AND I KNOW A LOT OF THEM HAVE THEIR OPINIONS AND SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THINGS DIFFERENT. LIKE I SEE THINGS THROUGH MY EYES AND MY EXPERIENCES, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THINGS THROUGH THEIR EYES AND THEIR EXPERIENCES AND WHERE THEY'RE AT RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, ON THEIR JOURNEY SO WHEN IT COMES TIME I WOULD DEFINITELY BE WILLING TO SHARE WITH MY FAMILY SO THEY COULD READ THROUGH IT.AND THEY'VE ALL CREATED THEIR OWN BECAUSE LAST YEAR, AS WE CREATED OUR BOOK, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T MEETING IN PERSON BUT WE DID CREATE A BOOK AND SO THE STUDENTS CREATED THEIR OWN LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BECAUSE I ASKED THEM, I NEED YOU TO HELP ME BECAUSE I'M GETTING CALLS FROM ALL OVER TO DO LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, AND I'M NOT FROM A TRIBE HERE SO I DON'T MIND GOING TO A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT BECAUSE I'M ACKNOWLEDGING THE PEOPLE OF THIS LAND, YOU KNOW, THAT LIVED HERE AND I SAID, I CAN'T DO EVERY ONE SO MY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN VERY GRACIOUS PARTNERS WITH ME IN GOING OUT AND SHARING LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AT DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND AT DIFFERENT EVENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN OUR SCHOOLS AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE BUT I ASKED THEM TO CREATE THEIR OWN LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND SO THEY'RE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
SOME OF THE TRIBES THAT THEY CHOSE WERE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE ALL OF THE TRIBES. IT WAS PERSONALLY THEIR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND SO WHEN THEY GO OUT TO REPRESENT, THEY'RE REPRESENTING [INDISCERNIBLE] BUT I WANT THEM TO SPEAK THEIR TRUTH. I WANT THEM TO SPEAK WHAT MAKES THEM COMFORTABLE AND WHAT ROLLS OFF OF THEIR TONGUE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO BELIEVE IT.
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BELIEVE IT IS DO SOME WORK AND CREATE YOUR OWN.
>> THANK YOU. >> GO FOR IT. >> GO FOR IT, MARK.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, THE NEXT STEP AS A BOARD WE SHOULD JUST TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON. CHRIS, YOU HAVE ENTHUSIASM AND ENERGY AND TIME TO WORK ON THIS
SO ARE YOU -- >> YES. >> I GUESS IF WE COULD HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS WORK ON IT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH CHRIS ON THE INITIAL DRAFT? MARK? IS THAT A HAPPENED? EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, BOTH. CHRIS AND MARK, MAYBE YOU TWO COULD WORK ON EXCHANGING DRAFTS AND WORK ON SOMETHING. AND THEN WHEN IT GETS TO A POSITION WHERE WE'RE READ TO SHARE IT, THEN MAYBE COORDINATE WITH JOHN.
>> YEAH. I WAS LOOKING AT THE TIMING OF ALL OF THIS AND HONESTLY TO DO IT RIGHT, THE ENERGY, WOULD IT BE OKAY TO BRING BACK DRAFT FOR BROADER DISCUSSION AT OUR RETREAT OR WHATEVER WE'RE CALLING IT NOW AT THE END OF THIS MONTH?
>> YEAH. WE CAN MAKE IT WORK. JOHN, DO YOU SEE ANY REASON WHY WE COULDN'T HAVE THAT? GREAT. LET'S DO THAT.
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME JOIN I'M ASSUMING I CAN EXIT OFF THE MEETING. HAVE A GOOD RESTFUL EVENING AND BEST OF LUCK WITH THE WORK YOU DO. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET IN NEED OF EDUCATION FROM OUR SCHOOL BOARD, FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DOWN TO MIKE, FOR EVERYONE THAT SUPPORTS OUR FAMILIES AND IS ON THE JOURNEY WITH US AND COMING TO OUR EVENTS AND BEING PART OF THAT BECAUSE IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN OUR FAMILY'S LIVES AND CHILDREN'S LIVES AND WE MIGHT BE QUIET, YOU KNOW, OUR NATIVE PEOPLE ARE VERY QUIET AND THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS BUSTING DOWN THE DOORS BUT THERE ARE WAYS THAT THEY'RE IMPACTING THE EDUCATION AND HELPING WITH THE SYSTEMS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR SCHOOL AND IT MAKES ME PROUD TO BE ABLE TO WORK ALONGSIDE THOSE PARENTS AND THOSE STUDENTS AND IT'S BLESSED MY LIFE IN THE PAST 20-SOME YEARS, SO HAVE A GREAT
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EVENING. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK, MARY.
>> . >> THAT WAS THE ONLY ITEM OUR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
MAKING US WORK ON A TUESDAY, TOO. JUST ONE MORE ADDITIONAL NIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE TIME. THAT WAS THE ONLY TOPIC ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD IS THIS COMING MONDAY, MARCH 7, WITH A STUDY SESSION AT 5:00 P.M. FOLLOWED BY A BOARD MEETING AT 7:00 P.M., BOTH HELD REMOTELY AND SINCE THERE'S NO
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