Due to the history of the University and its controversy surrounding its former mascot, a land acknowledgment statement is required to be read at many campus events to acknowledge the Indigenous ...

MINNEAPOLIS --Hennepin County is marking the start of Native American Heritage Month with a historic statement: a land and water acknowledgement. During a county commissioner meeting on Tuesday, Board ...

Land acknowledgments have become increasingly common nationwide over the past few years. Many mainstream public events — from soccer games and performing arts productions to city council meetings and ...

"We are on stolen land" reads a protest sign. "… Hennepin County acknowledges that the magnificent land and vibrant waterways from which our institutions benefit, are located upon the cultural, ...

It's becoming more of a common concept to see land acknowledgment statements adopted at universities, schools, and public buildings, but one East Bay city is taking it a step further. Lafayette ...

A Phoenix Union Governing Board member recited the Lord's Prayer instead of the district's land acknowledgement statement. The board member, Jeremiah Cota, initially requested the removal of the ...

A Plymouth town attorney has recommended that a Wampanoag land acknowledgment not appear regularly on any board or committee meeting agendas. Plymouth General Town Counsel Kate McKay said a land ...

We acknowledge, with respect, the land our campus is on today was, and continues to be, the homelands of the Indigenous people of this area, the Nissim-Pawenan, Nisenan, and Miwok.The larger ...

"Land acknowledgements" are all the rage. For those who haven't been to a graduation or university lecture in Blue America, a "land acknowledgment" is the practice of starting an event with a ...

Eastern Connecticut State University officials unveiled a land acknowledgment statement Wednesday, honoring the Native American tribes on whose ancestral lands the university stands. In a ceremony on ...