Outside of Tutt Library

Essentially important to our history, present, and future at CC is the acknowledgment that our campus and community exist within the unceded territory of the Ute Peoples, a band called the Tabeguache, the People of Sun Mountain. They believe they belong to the earth, and that all life comes from the sacred land, and so they called the nearby mountain “Tava,” or “Sun Mountain,” now known as Pikes Peak. At CC, we hold dear our respect for all peoples and our continuing mission to grow as a unique and welcoming community. We dedicated our largest greenspace on campus in recognition of the Indigenous and Native Peoples of the region and named it Tava Quad.

We also began the work toward becoming an antiracist institution with our antiracism initiative, including our college access initiatives, making us one of the first institutions in the country to formally commit to uprooting and replacing systemic racism in our policies and practices.

Our history is ours to own, to reckon with, to preserve. Our future, though — that is what you will help us shape, for generations to come.