Join us!

Updated January 2023: We are meeting for dinner and discussion on the first Monday of the month! Join us and keep up with everything decolonization by getting our DDG update emails. See more at our new site https://sitkadd.com

Welcome everyone. We'd like to start by recognizing that we are on Tlingít - Aaní.

Aani is the Tlingit word for land and Tlingit people have been in this place for over 10,000 years. It's very important to recognize this historical fact and to appreciate that the Tlingit people have been excellent stewards and have lived out the traditional tribal values around balance, respect, and caring for the Earth that sustains us all. So for taking wonderful care of this special place for time immemorial we say thank you and gunalchéesh.

"Time immemorial" is a phrase meaning time extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition - ancient, beyond memory or record.