LKSD approves land acknowledgment statement

The Lower Kuskokwim School District Board of Education approved the LKSD Land Acknowledgement Statement during their July 21^st, 2022 board meeting. “The Lower Kuskokwim School District operates 28 schools in 23 villages, and we recognize the diverse tribal structure throughout our school district,” says the statement. “Therefore, LKSD acknowledges the traditional and ancestral lands of our Yup’ik, Cup’ik, and Athabascan people on which we learn, live, subsist, raise our families, and work.”