Module 4 Post 4
I know others have found resources about the importance of Land Acknowledgements, and I have selected a few local resources for my Treaty 7 region.
The first is from the Calgary Foundation whose mission since 1955 has been and continues to be to nurture a healthy, vibrant, giving, and caring community. The Foundation has a playlist of 4 different acknowledgments that provide a history and context for the acknowledgment and is has an elder representative from each of the Treaty u First Nation profiled in the video. This is a good option to introduce a course at the beginning of the term as it provides more context and information than just an opening Land Acknowledgement and also helps build instructor familiarity and confidence around the delivery of a land acknowledgment.
There is another one from the Calgary Public Library that is child-centered, but I really enjoyed it too!
And this one emphasizes the importance of the Land Acknowledgment as conveying a sense of relationship and stewardship of the land, not ownership, which is something that had still alluded me until having watched this video where it was explicitly explained.
References
Calgary Foundation. (2019, January 27). Land Acknowledgement (Full) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7re1r0FY-4Y
Calgary Public Library. (2020, May 12). Treaty 7 Land Acknowledgment [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jqskc3man4
SOURCE-Scholarly Output Research Creative Excellence. (2020, April 23). Indigenous Voices – Land Acknowledgment [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HtG7j19na4