Late last year, the Oregon State University student government, the Associated Students of OSU, passed a bill to acknowledge the indigenous land that the university resides upon.
The land acknowledgment states:
Let it be acknowledged that Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon is located within the traditional homelands of the Mary’s River or Ampinefu Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (https://www.grandronde.org) and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians (https://ctsi.nsn.us).
In order to provide the OSU community with introductory information about land acknowledgments, the OSU Library created a website that consists of general information regarding acknowledgments, tribal communities in Oregon, including OSU resources, and the land acknowledgment statement by the Associated Students of OSU.
Informational Website: Land Acknowledgments
