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My research is really focusing on how we are doing land acknowledgments wrong and how we can make them more meaningful instead of something like rote memorization.
I have been looking at many articles and perspectives to see how this can be improved. I came across a CBC article entitled “What is Wrong with Land Acknowledgements” that summed up a lot of the sentiments that I was feeling. In this article, five people of Indigenous background talk about their thoughts on land acknowledgements. Importantly stressed is that land acknowledgements have to be meaningful and that you have to “do the work” to truly honour the land and the Peoples.
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