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 ...
From universities to sports games to city council meetings to Twitter bios, it’s becoming increasingly common to see statements recognizing that the land on which one is standing once belonged to ...
This past November, Pratt proudly announced its Living Land Acknowledgement and encouraged faculty, staff, and students to honor the Lenape people and recognize occupied land by beginning all ...
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 ...
Recently, I was on a conference call during which the organizers of the meeting asked each participant to give an acknowledgment of the Indigenous people whose land they were calling from, a ...
An acknowledgment is a witnessed signature made by a person signing a formal document. This document is typically a deed, mortgage, or last will. The witness to the signature of the document at hand ...