The Native American Culture and Education (NACE) department led the land acknowledgment during Teach for America's School Leaders of Color conference on Feb. 2.
Gwen Holmes spoke the acknowledgment in Lakota: "The DPS community acknowledges our Indigenous relatives who have lived in and cared for this ancient Land from time immemorial. We acknowledge the close relationship that Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute and Natives of other tribal Nations continue to have with the waters, plants, and all moving things that call this Land home. We pledge our respect for those enduring Indigenous connections to the place we now call Colorado."
