At Telluride k9 Adventure School, we recognize that the land we spend time on in Southwest Colorado is the unceded territory of Indigenous peoples including the Núu-Agha-Tʉvʉ-Pʉ̱ (Ute,) Ute Mountain Ute, Pueblos, and Diné Bikéyah (Navajo Nation.)

 

We have the profound privilege and honor of living and working on the land of the 4 corners region of the American Southwest. We have the freedom to take dogs on adventures in nature and to make a living by moving through colonized space. I am working to understand the importance of naming this colonialism and the systemic injustice that brought us to live and work on these lands today and understand that we have benefited from the unconscionable genocide, relocation, and assimilation that still impacts Indigenous communities today.

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I extend deep gratitude to the Original People who have been stewarding the land since long before white settlers colonized it, the Animal and Plant people of other species who show us how to live, and I look to Indigenous leaders for guidance on how to properly care for the land today. 

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Join me in learning about and donating to regionally important organizations such as Soul Dog Rescue, RezRoads Rescue, and White Bison.