CREATING YOUR OWN LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
10/31/2021CREATING YOUR OWN LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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Creating a land acknowledgement is one of the simplest things we can do as settlers on Indigenous land. These land acknowledgements bring in Indigenous voices where they’ve previously been erased.
Steps to creating a land acknowledgement:
Understand why you’re creating this land acknowledgement
Make it meaningful:
"I don't tell people which word to use, but I ask them to consider each word critically," said Nahanee, founder and CEO of the Vancouver-based business Nahanee Creative, a company that provides education and awareness to promote social change.
Don’t use “I acknowledge” as it indicated past tense settling, instead use the phrase “I am on the land of…”
3. Do the work
Actually do research about the land you are occupying
Learn how to say the names of the Indigenous territories
4. Action speaks louder than words
A land acknowledgement is the simplest, least effort piece of work you can do as a settler. Connect with Indigenous people in your area, learn the history from actual Indigenous people, read Indigenous stories, and more
Like step 4 says, do not let this be the only thing you do, but do make sure that you do it.
Feel free to share your home’s land acknowledgement in this folder.
By: Annie Wasserman
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