![from left to right: an image of JIJI against a pink background with a guitar; right top: Drum Tao performer hitting a drum; right bottom: the back of Sakamoto's head](/content/Images/24EventSm/AAAACP_300x300.jpg)
![from left to right: an image of JIJI against a pink background with a guitar; center-left top: Drum Tao performer hitting a drum; center-left bottom: Mahsa; center-right top: Marjan; center-right bottom: the back of Sakamoto's head; picture of Sirintip in vibrant colours on stage; right top: Stephanie Poetri's image from a selfie angle; right bottom: ensemble member from Heart of Afghanistan by Fanoos Ensemble performing](/content/Images/24Event/AAAACP.jpg)
In a year-long consultative and deeply collaborative process with respected advisors from local Tribal Nations, the UMass Native Advisory Council co-developed this campus Land Acknowledgement. This Acknowledgement affirms our campus connection and relationship to the land the campus is built upon and our continued connection to the Nations who were the original inhabitants and caretakers of this land.
Read the Land Acknowledgement.