- Scientific American - www.scientificamerican.com/
Thank you to Elysse Cloma at the YMCA Metro Vancouver who wrote on Mon, Jan 14, 2019
https://ywcavan.org/blog/2019/01/why-do-we-do-land-acknowledgements "If you live in Vancouver, ...(before) ... the beginning of a ceremony, lecture or event you’ve attended, (you may have heard):“I would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.” Sound familiar? We do land acknowledgements to show our respect for the land, a tradition that dates back centuries for Indigenous people. Land acknowledgements have been adopted as a common practice in civic and community spaces across Canada–a small but important step towards reconciliation. For non-Indigenous Canadians, land acknowledgements are an opportunity to reflect on the impacts of colonialism, to be accountable to Indigenous people and thank those who still live on and care for the land. These few words spoken at gatherings can provoke thought and reflection about colonialism and how to engage in reconciliation more meaningfully. |
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