Cloquet schools adopt Indigenous land acknowledgment

Cloquet schools adopt Indigenous land acknowledgment

CLOQUET — The Cloquet School Board adopted a formal land acknowledgment recognizing the Ojibwe — and the Indigenous nations before them — connection to the land that now makes up the Cloquet School District. On Monday, May 15, the Cloquet School Board unanimously approved the acknowledgment, which will be featured at the 2026 graduation ceremony, shared across school buildings, and posted on the district website and in school handbooks. “The int…

Cloquet Board approves Land Acknowledgement

It's been three years, but the members of the Cloquet school district equity committee finally brought an official district land acknowledgement to the school board for approval. "There is a time that things take, and you can't rush it," said equity chairwoman Wendy Waha. "You can't make something be done before it's done when you're doing something like...