INDIGENOUS LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The land of the five boroughs that make up New York City, including the land on which the New York City AIDS Memorial sits, is the traditional homeland of the Lenape, Merrick, Canarsie, Rockaway, Matinecock, and Haudenosaunee Peoples. These lands are also inter-tribal trade lands and are under the stewardship, of many more indigenous nations today. 

New York City is home to the largest populations of Inter-tribal Native American, First Nations, and Indigenous individuals out of any urban city across Turtle Island (the United States).

We acknowledge the systematic erasure of many Nations and recognize those still among us today.

We acknowledge the Peoples of these Nations - their cultures, their communities, their elders both past and present, as well as future generations - and their resilience throughout the HIV/AIDS epidemic and movement.

We acknowledge and offer deep gratitude to Mannahatta - the land and waters on which we stand.

Courtesy of American Indian Community House