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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The University of California, Riverside values its commitments to local Indigenous tribal communities and investment in Native American and Indigenous scholarship and studies globally. It is out
of this deep respect and wish to continue serving Native peoples and advocating for decolonial institutional change that campus leaders insist upon transparency and integrity in matters of Indigenous affiliation and identity by all members of our intellectual
community, including and especially those responsible for professional and ethical knowledge production and dissemination.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Indigenous affiliation or self-identification is not an act that can be asserted in isolation. We believe that the determination of Indigenous and Tribal membership – even with all its complexity
and fraught political history – must rest with Indigenous communities themselves to affirm tribal sovereignty and the right of Native self-determination. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">UCR will continue ongoing conversations with campus Native scholars and others committed to transformative institutional practice to identify and implement improved policies and procedures, ensuring
more rigorous attention to Indigenous commitments in our recruitment, retention, and admissions practices. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Kim Wilcox, Chancellor</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Elizabeth Watkins, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Jason Stajich, Academic Senate Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Deborah Deas, Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Mark and Pam Rubin Dean, School of Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Anil Deolalikar, Dean, School of Public Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Christopher Lynch, Dean, Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Louie Rodriguez, Interim Dean, School of Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Kathryn Uhrich, Dean, College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Yunzeng Wang, Dean, School of Business<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Daryle Williams, Dean, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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