Board issues land acknowledgement, sets public-comment rules and adjourns special session

The Northern Humboldt Union High School District Governing Board opened its Jan. 25, 2026 special session with a formal land acknowledgement. The minutes state: "Northern Humboldt Union High School District acknowledges that the land on which our schools sit is Wiyot ancestral land, and Humboldt is the unceded territory and traditional ancestral homeland of the Indigenous nations: Hupa, Karuk, Mattole, Tolowa, Wailaki, Wiyot, Yurok, and other original inhabitants of Humboldt County." The acknowledgement concludes with a commitment by the district to deepen relationships with Tribal nations and communities.

The board also published public-comment procedures in the agenda minutes: speakers are asked to state their name at the lectern, are allowed three minutes per agenda item, and the board will limit total public-input time on each item to 20 minutes. The minutes note the board may, at the close of public comments, refer remarks to the superintendent for study, investigation, or report. The session is listed as opening at 2:00 p.m. and adjourning at 4:37 p.m.; Superintendent Roger Macdonald signed the minutes.