An Iowa school district tells staff to avow gender ideology, honor American Indian land and decry slavery at some staff functions, according to documents obtained by public records request.
West Des Moines Community Schools acknowledgment statements “thank and honor” all gender identities as well as slave descendants and Native Americans, according to documents obtained by parental rights group Parents Defending Education (PDE).
“We acknowledge the Indigenous Native Americans on whose ancestral land we meet today,” one statement adopted by the school system reads. “We thank and honor the elders, ancestors, communities, and children of the Native Communities still connected to this land!”
The acknowledgments are used district-wide for internal trainings and professional developments.
“We acknowledge the contributions and achievements of enslaved Africans and their ascendants and descendants to our…
