10/12/2026
Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day, and we want to take a moment to acknowledge that we are on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Gabrieleno Tongva/Kich people.
Marine Mammal Care Center acknowledges the land we sit on is the unceded territory of the Gabrieleno Tongva/Kich people, who are the original stewards of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles Basin).
Their homeland covered parts of what is now Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. We pay our respect and gratitude to the Honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (elders) and Eyoohlinkem (relations) past, present and emerging who are the caretakers of this land.
It is through their examples that we are reminded of our greater responsibility to take care of the Taraxat Paxaava (the people's land), Moomat (ocean), cultural Nehlinkem (relatives), and to take care of each other.
