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A PROCLAMATION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY 2025
WHEREAS,the United States announced support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples on December 16,2010;and
WHEREAS,we recognize that Indigenous People have suffered from historic injustices as a result of their
colonization and the dispossession of their lands,territories,and resources; and
WHEREAS,we recognize that Ashland is built on the ancestral homeland of the Ikirakutsum Band of the
Shasta Nation,and we honor the Takelma,Athabaskan,and Shasta tribes with ancestral lands in and
surrounding the geography of the Ashland watershed; and
WHEREAS,Indigenous People were forcibly removed from ancestral lands,displaced,assimilated,and
banned from worshipping or perfomling many sacred ceremonies and yet they remain as a visible
testimony to their individual and collective resilience;and
WHEREAS,we recognize the value of many contributions made to our community through Indigenous
Peoples' knowledge,labor,spirituality,philosophy,arts,and cultural contributions;and
WHEREAS,we have a responsibility to oppose systemic racism toward Indigenous Peoples,which
perpetuates income inequality and less access to health,education,and social stability;and
WHEREAS,on Indigenous Peoples' Day,we celebrate Indigenous history and honor Native Americans for
their role in shaping the contours of this country.
NOW,THEREFORE, I,Tonya Graham,Mayor of the City of Ashland,Oregon,on behalf of the City Council,do
hereby proclaim October 13,2024,as Indigenous Peoples'Day and call upon the people of Ashland to
observe this day with appropriate reflection and learning and to continue our efforts to create a more
just and equitable community. In Ashland we are Better Together.
Dated this 7th day of October 2025
Tonya Gr am,Mayor Alissa Kolodzinski,City Recorder
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