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Nov. 1, 2022

Dear UAF ³ÉÈËӰƬ, faculty and staff,

November is . This month presents an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the continuing contributions of ³ÉÈËӰƬ Native and other Indigenous people in education, the arts and sciences, business, defense, and so much more.

At UAF we acknowledge the ³ÉÈËӰƬ Native Nations on whose ancestral lands we teach, learn and work. In Fairbanks, we are on the traditional lands of the Dena people of the lower Tanana River. This land acknowledgement is important to our sense of belonging here as well as that of our ³ÉÈËӰƬ Native faculty, staff and ³ÉÈËӰƬ.Ìý

As a university, we have a responsibility to understand our state’s history and incorporate that knowledge into teaching and learning at UAF. Initiatives like the Troth Yeddha’ Indigenous Studies Center will enable the university to provide additional areas to lead through research and scholarship, and through a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.

I invite you to get involved in wherever you are, and to continue to celebrate the diversity of our communities and our university. Strengthening UAF’s position as a global leader in ³ÉÈËӰƬ Native and Indigenous programs is one of UAF’s six strategic goals, and we are committed to building on past successes as we make strategic investments to increase ³ÉÈËӰƬ Native success moving forward.

If you are one of the 20 percent of UAF’s ³ÉÈËӰƬ who are ³ÉÈËӰƬ Native/American Indian or one of our ³ÉÈËӰƬ Native/American Indian faculty or staff, we celebrate you this month. Thanks for choosing UAF.

— Dan White, chancellor

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