Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
Revised & Rewritten for the Associated Students of the University of Nevada (ASUN)
We are on Native land. During the California Gold Rush between 1848–1855, countless indigenous groups in California and Nevada were forcibly and violently displaced, assimilated, and dispossessed of their lands. The University of Nevada, Reno—which by way of the 1862 Morrill (Land-Grant College) Act was established as a Land Grant Institution in 1874 by the Nevada State Constitution—is situated on the traditional indigenous homelands of the Numu (Northern Paiute), Wašiw (Washoe), Newe (Western Shoshone), Nuwu (Southern Paiute) peoples. From their inception, Land Grant Institutions acted historically and disproportionately, either explicitly or implicitly, to serve white male students while excluding many others, including indigenous peoples. We acknowledge with great respect, profound gratitude, as well as meaningful acknowledgement and context that we have been able and continue to live, work, and learn on their ancestral territory. We recognize their deep connections to these lands which continue to serve as gathering places for them.
ASUN Code of Ethics, Section 4: Discrimination
Revised & Rewritten for the Associated Students of the University of Nevada (ASUN)
No officer, elected or appointed to the Associated Students of the University of Nevada (ASUN) shall hold any office without full and complete support of the equal rights of all students of the University of Nevada, Reno, while acting in any official capacity, to be defined as attempting to discharge the duties of office. The actions of officers shall not involve any discrimination nor prejudice against any fellow students based on, but not limited to, age, citizenship status, color, creed, culture, cultural expression, ethnicity, ethnic expression, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military obligation, national or social origin, neurodivergence, physical disability, race, religion, sex, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, spoken language, or veterans status.