Statement of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples

The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina acknowledges and pays respect to past and present tribal members of the Indigenous nations who were forcibly expelled from the lands the Diocese of North Carolina now occupies or who experienced exploitation at the hands of white people: the Catawba, Cheraw, Chowanoc, Coharie, Eno, Haliwa-Saponi, Keyauwee, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, Sappony, Shakori, Sissipahaw, Sugeree, Tuscaroram Waxhaw, Weapemeoc and Woccon. Standing in solidarity with all who are oppressed, we deplore the hatred and violence shown historically and in the present to Indigenous, Black, LatinX and Asian people, Pacific Islanders, and all other oppressed persons. We will continually seek to dismantle the racism that threatens us all as human beings.