unceded
- a word derived from ceded.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“Acknowledging the ceded and unceded land on which we all stand could not be more important in our current historical moment,” the statement reads.
From Washington Times • Jul. 14, 2022
For more than a century, the Pacheedaht have witnessed colonial extraction of the forests in their unceded territory.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2022
She has created scripts recommending people not only acknowledge Indigenous Australians but also their unceded sovereignty and the Uluru Statement.
From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2021
She now supports the native Hawaiians who have vowed to protect their unceded lands against the impending construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope, which might yet become the world's largest.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2021
He established for the time being a little independent government, with blockhouses and small wooden towns, in the middle of the unceded hunting grounds, and caused great alarm to the Spaniards.
From The Winning of the West, Volume 4 Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 by Roosevelt, Theodore
