DC Student Consortium on Women, Peace, and Security

The DC Student Consortium acknowledges that Washington, D.C. and the larger DMV area – where most participating University Chapters of the Consortium – are located on the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Piscataway and Anacostan peoples, who have served as stewards of the region for generations. Washington, D.C. is surrounded by just over a dozen tribal nations that thrive along the Anacostia and Potomac River watersheds, Chesapeake Bay area, and the states of Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware. Washington D.C. sits on the ancestral lands of the Anacostans (also documented as Nacotchtank), and the neighboring Piscataway and Pamunkey peoples. We gratefully acknowledge the Native Peoples on whose ancestral homelands we gather, as well as the diverse and vibrant Native communities who make their home here today. We are grateful for their past and continued stewardship of this land. As a Consortium whose work is global, we are committed to supporting the Indigenous members of our community and we celebrate the resilience, strength, and enduring presence of Indigenous people demonstrated around the world.