land acknowledgment
noun
(in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States) a formal statement recognizing the Indigenous people or peoples of the land an event is being held on.
land acknowledgments
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pluralof land acknowledgment.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But as any parent with children applying to college can tell you, diversity prompts abound on essay questions, and land acknowledgments remain here and there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
So after faculty were urged to add land acknowledgments to their syllabi, Mr. Reges had a subversive idea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
Others have been told they should drop land acknowledgments — proclamations paying tribute to the Indigenous peoples who were this region’s first human inhabitants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
One page requires the addition of land acknowledgments into a theater’s regular practice.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2022
The Chicago Blackhawks, another professional franchise mired with its own controversy, has part of its website dedicated to Native American initiatives and provides land acknowledgments accompanied by an explanation of the importance of land acknowledgments.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2022
