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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

There’s a lot of land acknowledgments happening right now, but it would be nice to hear more like personal commitments to that.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2022

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