Duke Regan is only four, but he knows every single word of the Acknowledgment of Country. He learnt the words at kindergarten: "I'd like to acknowledge the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation who are ...
Living in villages, bands, and confederacies, their traditional territories spanned the entire continent. Indigenous people still live among us, yet how many of us could name the specific tribe or ...
Pratt Institute is situated in Lenapehoking, the traditional and unceded homeland of the Lenape, past, present, and future. The Lenape have been living on this land long before the United States was ...
Some Indigenous scholars have come to regard the standard land acknowledgment as “hollow” and “not enough.” To better understand how a land acknowledgment should be folded into more comprehensive ...
These days, land or territory acknowledgments are increasingly common, often made at the outset of public gatherings. In our industry, where we are reliant on a strong connection to the land and ...
Earlier this year, members of the San Jose City Council in California stood and recited the pledge of allegiance. Minutes later, Glorida Arellano-Gomez, councilwoman for the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe in ...
The Academy Awards featured a brief land acknowledgment during the ceremony Sunday night that drew scorn on social media. Actress Julianne Hough gave recognition to three Native American tribes in a ...
William James once said, "The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” When's the last time you told someone they did an awesome job? My guess is that, in that particular ...
The Democratic National Committee kicked off its annual summer meeting in Minneapolis with a "land acknowledgment" that included an assertion that the U.S. perpetuates a system of suppression. "Let's ...