land acknowledgment
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land acknowledgments
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Indigenous tribes whose ancestral home includes Nevada’s high desert have derided “City,” which now includes a land acknowledgment on its website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
Reges then wrote to an Allen School listserv saying he would continue putting his parody land acknowledgment in syllabi.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
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
Every public screening at the Sundance Film Festival is preceded by a land acknowledgment, recognizing the Shoshone, Paiute, Goshute and Ute tribes that have long stewarded the ground on which this annual event takes place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2022
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