2 weeks ago
3
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Ball Ranch has a caller sanction that honors the space's civilization and history.
On Friday, the San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust announced the spot has been officially renamed K’uik’ui Ranch.
K’uik’ui is the sanction of a tiny but almighty duck successful the ineffable Gashowu Yokuts texts. The communicative goes that erstwhile the world was archetypal formed, K’uik’ui dove down into the h2o and carried soil to the surface, forming each the onshore and the mountains.
The spot says the sanction alteration aligns with AB 2022 (Ramos 2022), which directs nationalist agencies to prioritize names that grant and admit tribes, cultures, and Indigenous languages circumstantial to the geographic region.
"By moving distant from names tied to anterior ownership and alternatively uplifting Native languages and stories, the conservancy and spot affirm their shared committedness to taste respect and inclusive stewardship," the spot said.
The sanction was whittled down from 86 others suggested during a assemblage naming contention successful 2024. K’uik’ui was yet chosen for its taste resonance and symbolism of beginnings.
“Names transportation heavy medicine. Choosing K’uik’ui honors the story, the land, and the tone that person ever been here,” said Michelle Pipkin, Community Garden Coordinator astatine the Fresno American Indian Health Project. “For those of america who enactment with the plants and stitchery from the river, it’s almighty to spot a sanction that speaks our connection and carries our teachings forward. It reminds america that everything begins with the land.”
