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Land Acknowledgment

Cal Poly sits on the traditional lands of yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash Tribe of San Luis Obispo County and Region. yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini have a documented presence in this area for over 10,000 years. The tiłhini peoples have stewarded their ancestral and unceded homelands which include all of the cities, communities, federal and state open spaces within the San Luis Obispo County region. These homelands extend East into the Carrizo Plains toward Kern County, South to the Santa Maria River, North to Ragged Point, and West beyond the ocean’s shoreline in an unbroken chain of lineage, kinship, and culture.


In recognition of yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini, Northern Chumash Tribe of San Luis Obispo County and Region, Cal Poly proudly named its newest residential community, yakʔitʸutʸu, which means “our community” in yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash language.

yakʔitʸutʸu opened in 2018 and features seven residential halls named after yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash villages throughout the Central Coast region.

yakʔitʸutʸu Residential Community was recently recognized with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification for being inclusive, healthy, efficient and home to cost-saving green building features.  

Together, the university and yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini, Northern Chumash Tribe will educate future generations of Cal Poly students and local residents.

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Building Names and Meanings

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Name Site  Meaning
Tribe Name | yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini    The people of tiłhini
Housing Complex Name | yakʔitʸutʸu    Our community
Building 172A | tsɨtkawayu Cambria Place of the horses
Building 172B | elewexe Paso Robles Named for swordfish
Building 172C | tiłhini San Luis Obispo
cultural capital
Place of the full moon
Building 172D | tšɨłkukunɨtš Carrizo Plain Place of the rabbits
Building 172E | nipumuʔ Nipomo Place of the big house
Building 172F | tsɨtqawɨ Morro Bay Place of the dogs
Building 172G | tsɨtpxatu Avila Beach Place of the whales

 

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