This guide was created in light of a need to educate our NPC community of the three Indigenous nations currently located within our service area. We acknowledge that these sovereign nations uniquely define us as a community college and even charge us with the responsibility to provide an open space of higher learning for these communities.
This reference is designed to serve as an introduction to our diverse communities and is not meant to be definitive.
Hopituh Shinumu (Hopi)
Dził Łigai Si'án N'dee (White Mountain Apache)
Northland Pioneer College’s locations are situated on the land of the Diné (Navajo), Hopituh Shinumu (Hopi), Ashiwi (Zuni), Dził Łigai Si'án N'dee (White Mountain Apache), and other tribes indigenous to this area. All of NPC’s service area, like all of the United States, is Native land.
NPC's service area encompasses spaces that are sacred to the original stewards and relatives of this land, air, water, and all living things. We are all connected in this circle. This was true long before the flags of Spain, Mexico, or the United States flew over this land and will remain so in perpetuity. We are grateful to Indigenous people of the past and present for their continued stewardship of the land where we live, work, and teach.
