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Land Acknowledgment

What is a Land Acknowledgment? A Land Acknowledgement is a formal statement that recognizes and respects Indigenous Peoples as traditional stewards of this land and the enduring relationship that ...
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Patrick Carlyon: Use of Acknowledgment of Country has gone too far

Every tutorial class in a particular subject starts with an Acknowledgment of Country. The spiel runs for about 30 seconds, offering the student time to scroll his social media before settling into ...
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ANU criticised over mandatory Indigenous land acknowledgment pop-up

The Australian National University has drawn criticism for introducing a website pop-up requiring users to click 'I acknowledge' to an Indigenous land statement before accessing certain sections. The ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

How the Acknowledgment of Country became a core national custom — and why it matters

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 ...
The Conversation

Land acknowledgments meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead

Many events these days begin with land acknowledgments: earnest statements acknowledging that activities are taking place, or institutions, businesses and even homes are built, on land previously ...
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University of Washington, professor clash over 'Indigenous land acknowledgement'

A University of Washington professor has been told that only prewritten "Indigenous land acknowledgment" statements may be used in the classroom after he published a syllabus with an opposing, ...