land acknowledgment
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Indigenous tribes whose ancestral home includes Nevada’s high desert have derided “City,” which includes a land acknowledgment on its website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
The speakers included a Native American elder giving a land acknowledgment and former presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2023
In August 2020, Boise State University chose a doctoral student in public policy, Melanie Fillmore, to deliver what is called a "land acknowledgment" speech at a convocation for incoming freshmen.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2022
One way to think of “Fire of Love,” then, is as its own kind of land acknowledgment, one that asks us to consider the Earth and reckon with its great and terrible mysteries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2022
“They do a lot of land acknowledgment stuff and good work with the First Nations communities. They have some stuff on their website they share if people don’t understand.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2021
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