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[speaking Native language]

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[speaking Native language]

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[speaking Native language]

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[speaking Native language]

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[speaking Native language]

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[speaking Native language]

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Thank you relatives,

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people of Lisamu’ and Pismu’

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We bring you,

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sorry, I bring you my love
friendship and peace.

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[speaking in Native language]

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[speaking in Native language]
My name is Mia Lopez.

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My ancestral villages are Syuxtun

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and Swaxil
on our island of Limuw.

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As a member of the Coastal Band
of the Chumash Nation,

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I would like to express my support
of the Northern Chumash Tribal Council

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and all our Chumash relatives here

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in this territory of the Yak Tityu Tityu Tiłhini people.

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We would like to acknowledge
the rich cultural history

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of this area, acknowledge
our Chumash stewardship

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for time immemorial,
and to recognize the work of our relatives

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and the Northern Chumash Tribal Council
who are with us today

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and those who have passed on after giving
much of their lives to these efforts

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of protection.

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I would like to mention former tribal
chair of the Northern Chumash

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Tribal Council Chief Fred Collins

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and women's elder Pilulaw Khuz.

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They have both been great leaders
and advocates for our people.

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I ask you to join me in
acknowledging our Chumash communities,

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our elders, both past and present,

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as well as our future generations.

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These lands were founded upon exclusions
and erasures of many Indigenous people,

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including those on whose land,
whose waters,

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this ship sits upon.

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We come together today to stand up for
and give voice

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to the unceded lands of the Chumash people
and declare our tribal sovereignty.