印第安人土地承认
TCU’s 印第安人土地承认 was created by the university’s Native American Advisory Circle in November 2020 and approved by the Chancellor’s Cabinet in April 2021.
美洲原住民土地确认-完整版本
As a university, we acknowledge the many benefits we have of being in this place. 它是我们与所有生物共享的空间，包括人类和非人类. 这是一个古老的 在我们之前有人居住过的地方. 这座纪念碑是由TCU和 Wichita and Affiliated Tribes reminds us of our benefits, responsibilities, and relationships. 我们停下来思考一下这句话:
这片古老的土地，为了我们所有的亲戚.
我们恭敬地感谢 美洲原住民 who have lived on this land 自古以来. TCU特别感谢并尊重威奇托人 and Affiliated Tribes, upon whose historical 祖国是我们大学的所在地.
美洲原住民土地确认-简短版本
TCU acknowledges the many benefits, responsibilities, and relationships of being in 这个地方，我们和所有的生物共享. 我们恭敬地感谢 美洲原住民 who have lived on this land 自古以来. TCU特别是 acknowledges and pays respect to the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, upon whose historical 祖国是我们大学的所在地.
如何以及何时使用它
The 地承认 should be used in print, online, and verbally at all major official TCU events (such as Convocation and Commencement), programs (such as DEI activities and special lectures), and other appropriate forums (syllabi, web pages, 职位描述和搜索，学生和员工培训等.).
Using the full version of the Acknowledgment is preferable, but the short version 可能在某些情况下更合适.
一个反思和行动的门户
TCU’s 地承认 represents shared experiences between the university and 美洲原住民. 这是对个人和机构反思的邀请 号召大家行动起来.
We hope everyone in the TCU community will consider how the 地承认 can 在他们的计划和活动中适当地表达.
为什么土地确认很重要
The 地承认 helps remind and educate the TCU community about the long and diverse presence of Native Americans who precede and co-exist with our presence 在这个区域.
The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes have lived for hundreds of years in a region stretching 从 what is now Kansas down to near Waco, Texas; including what eventually became 达拉斯-沃斯堡大都会区. 威奇托，或者 吉珥ikir?i:s, consisted of several bands of Caddoan-speaking peoples, including the Wichita, Waco, Tawakoni, Kichai (Keechi)， Iscani, Taovaya等.
The Caddo confederacy resided for centuries in lands located in portions of what became the states of Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, with its western edges reaching 变成了后来的达拉斯-沃斯堡大都会区.
The Caddo included three large groups: the Cadohadacho (“Caddo” became a shortened form which was eventually applied to all three groups), the Natchitoches and the Hasinai (居住在德州东部).
Other tribes have come at different times to what is called north and east Texas, 居住时间长短不一. 其中包括科曼奇族、基奥瓦族、切罗基族、 阿拉巴马-库沙塔民族，以及其他许多民族.
After Texas worked with the United States for more than a century to expel Native Americans 从 its borders, 达拉斯-沃斯堡大都会区 participated (along with other cities across the nation) in a federal effort to bring them back under the Indian Relocation Act of 1956, attempting to persuade Native Americans to assimilate into 美国社会.
Today, tens of thousands of Native Americans live in the metroplex, representing over 200个部落国家.
为了塑造未来，我们都必须回顾过去
Historical processes have created an intertwined relationship between TCU and Native 美国社区，主要受益于TCU.
Contemplating our responsibilities and relationships means acknowledging that TCU’s presence on 这些土地 ultimately resulted 从 Europeans, Texans, and Americans 暴力殖民该地区. 在这些土地被武力占领后，他们 continually re-distributed to non-Natives through various land systems.
纵观其历史，TCU受益于这些系统. 现在是考虑的时候了 这些持续的不公正和痛苦的遗产.
历史事件对TCU有什么好处?
1841年5月24日，爱德华. 塔兰特攻击了 Wichita groups, Cherokees, Muscogees (Creeks), Seminoles, Kickapoos, Shawnees, various 卡多部落，可能还有其他生活在村溪沿岸的人.
Native Americans were forced 从 the area that became 达拉斯-沃斯堡大都会区, and Non-Natives almost immediately began colonizing the region and re-distributing 这些土地.
TCU, founded in 1873, eventually came to possess and benefit 从 这些土地 through 塔兰特将军袭击后建立的系统.
一个承认和尊重的新时代
The 地承认 reflects TCU’s emerging respect for 美洲原住民 and commitment to build a positive future, empowering Native Americans on our campus and creating mutually beneficial, respectful relationships with Native American nations 和社区.
We seek to root out colonizing attitudes and actions and to humbly build healthy relationships with Native American nations 和社区 throughout our university’s departments 和程序.