Land Acknowledgement: A Resource Guide

The Land Acknowledgement movement began in Canada, where it is also referred to as Territory Acknowledgement. This site provides information about why we should acknowledge territory, and how to begin to do research on writing and using one.

This guide was based on the responses of panelists who participated in the Indigenous land acknowledgment event during the Native Governance Center Indigenous People's Day 2019.

from the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture, a non-government organization. USDAC a grassroots action network looking to incite creativity and social imagination to shape a culture of empathy, equity, and belonging.

A posting with important questions and insights, based upon a Twitter thread by Dr. Debbie Reese, a Nambe Pueblo Indian woman

Hayden King, an Anishinaabe writer and educator, spoke to host Rosanna Deerchild of the CBC show Unreserved about territorial acknowledgements, what they mean in today's political climate and how they can be improved. (January 2019)

Article appearing in The Conversation by Chip Colwell, Lecturer on Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver.

Editorial in Inside Higher Ed, January 9, 2020. "Land acknowledgments don’t challenge us to reconsider beliefs or learn new things; they simply signal that the speaker is a faithful adherent of an ethical system that audience members presumably share. The signal promotes the speaker’s individual interests by providing the appearance of shared morality."