The Mukilteo City Council is weighing how often to read a Native land acknowledgment — a debate that cuts to the heart of how a treaty city reckons with its past.
MUKILTEO, Wash. — A debate is unfolding in Mukilteo over whether to scale back land acknowledgments the City Council has read before every meeting since 2022.
The acknowledgment, a spoken recognition of Native American history and sovereignty, has become standard practice at many city halls across western Washington. But in Mukilteo, some residents and council members are pushing to limit the recitation to once per quarter or once per year.
The debate is
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