LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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Land Acknowledgments Are Not Enough... Three anthropologists decry the use of land acknowledgments when they fail to advocate for genuine Indigenous sovereignty and the return of stolen lands.By Elisa Sobo, Michael C. Lambert, and Valerie L. Lambert20 OCT 2021
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Territory Acknowledgment Resource
- Why acknowledge territory? - What Indigenous territory should I acknowledge? Enter a search a location to find territory acknowledgement information. + zoom in on the map territory, click on a specific location + when the Treaty description appears, click on it to get details "Please note: this is NOT a perfect resource! It is very likely that if you do not do any further research or verify our results, you will err in your acknowledgements. We recommend contacting the nations you get in your results directly, to learn more about how they want to be acknowledged and any other nations or peoples in the area." |
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AWAKENINGS - We Were Always Here -
- Acknowledgment - A film by Jonathan Elliott (2020) From exploring the Indigenous origins of the city’s name, to the murder of a Mississauga chief that nearly caused all-out war, “Acknowledgment” sheds light on how Indigenous people’s lives and histories have shaped Toronto’s origins and asks the question; in this era of reconciliation, how do we acknowledge our collective history? Learn more at http://toronto.ca/museums |
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Awakenings Reflections with Jonathan Elliott Mohawk filmmaker Jonathan Elliott reflects on the importance of evolving land acknowledgments past mere lip-service in order to properly recognize the true history of Indigenous people across Turtle Island and their contributions to the founding of the city of Toronto. This is the main focus of his film “Acknowledgment”. |
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