Due to the history of the University and its controversy surrounding its former mascot, a land acknowledgment statement is required to be read at many campus events to acknowledge the Indigenous ...
MINNEAPOLIS --Hennepin County is marking the start of Native American Heritage Month with a historic statement: a land and water acknowledgement. During a county commissioner meeting on Tuesday, Board ...
"We are on stolen land" reads a protest sign. "… Hennepin County acknowledges that the magnificent land and vibrant waterways from which our institutions benefit, are located upon the cultural, ...
It's becoming more of a common concept to see land acknowledgment statements adopted at universities, schools, and public buildings, but one East Bay city is taking it a step further. Lafayette ...
Land acknowledgments have become increasingly common nationwide over the past few years. Many mainstream public events — from soccer games and performing arts productions to city council meetings and ...
A Phoenix Union Governing Board member recited the Lord's Prayer instead of the district's land acknowledgement statement. The board member, Jeremiah Cota, initially requested the removal of the ...
Eastern Connecticut State University officials unveiled a land acknowledgment statement Wednesday, honoring the Native American tribes on whose ancestral lands the university stands. In a ceremony on ...
A Plymouth town attorney has recommended that a Wampanoag land acknowledgment not appear regularly on any board or committee meeting agendas. Plymouth General Town Counsel Kate McKay said a land ...
"Land acknowledgements" are all the rage. For those who haven't been to a graduation or university lecture in Blue America, a "land acknowledgment" is the practice of starting an event with a ...
We acknowledge, with respect, the land our campus is on today was, and continues to be, the homelands of the Indigenous people of this area, the Nissim-Pawenan, Nisenan, and Miwok.The larger ...
A professor who refused to bow to activist progressives and parrot land acknowledgements has scored a major First Amendment legal victory — after a years-long battle. “I’m not going to be silenced.