#landacknowledgement — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #landacknowledgement, aggregated by home.social.
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@starlily like how does it actually help? How does it actually help the living people who suffer? I feel like people just say it so they can be done with it. Instead of actually living that truth, they put it into a container and call it good after a 3 minute spiel. 😕
My friend would call it “performative”.
Honest question, how does it actually help the people it intends to recognize? 🤔
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@starlily like how does it actually help? How does it actually help the living people who suffer? I feel like people just say it so they can be done with it. Instead of actually living that truth, they put it into a container and call it good after a 3 minute spiel. 😕
My friend would call it “performative”.
Honest question, how does it actually help the people it intends to recognize? 🤔
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@starlily like how does it actually help? How does it actually help the living people who suffer? I feel like people just say it so they can be done with it. Instead of actually living that truth, they put it into a container and call it good after a 3 minute spiel. 😕
My friend would call it “performative”.
Honest question, how does it actually help the people it intends to recognize? 🤔
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I acknowledge the land I am posting from is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
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I acknowledge the land I am posting from is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
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I acknowledge the land I am posting from is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
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I acknowledge the land I am posting from is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
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Humorous response from four First Nations on Vancouver Island to a Conservative MP. One of the best ways to respond to ignorance and bigotry.
#Indigenous #LandAcknowledgement #VancouverIsland
*Edit: typo
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Humorous response from four First Nations on Vancouver Island to a Conservative MP. One of the best ways to respond to ignorance and bigotry.
#Indigenous #LandAcknowledgement #VancouverIsland
*Edit: typo
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Humorous response from four First Nations on Vancouver Island to a Conservative MP. One of the best ways to respond to ignorance and bigotry.
#Indigenous #LandAcknowledgement #VancouverIsland
*Edit: typo
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Humorous response from four First Nations on Vancouver Island to a Conservative MP. One of the best ways to respond to ignorance and bigotry.
#Indigenous #LandAcknowledgement #VancouverIsland
*Edit: typo
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“A helpful rule of thumb is this: a land acknowledgement is most defensible when the event exercises public voice or authority, connects to place or community, and is open to real Indigenous participation or follow-through. If all three are present, the practice is usually justified. If none are, it is usually not.”
#landacknowledgementhttps://khelsilem.substack.com/p/understanding-the-purpose-limits
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“A helpful rule of thumb is this: a land acknowledgement is most defensible when the event exercises public voice or authority, connects to place or community, and is open to real Indigenous participation or follow-through. If all three are present, the practice is usually justified. If none are, it is usually not.”
#landacknowledgementhttps://khelsilem.substack.com/p/understanding-the-purpose-limits
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“A helpful rule of thumb is this: a land acknowledgement is most defensible when the event exercises public voice or authority, connects to place or community, and is open to real Indigenous participation or follow-through. If all three are present, the practice is usually justified. If none are, it is usually not.”
#landacknowledgementhttps://khelsilem.substack.com/p/understanding-the-purpose-limits
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“A helpful rule of thumb is this: a land acknowledgement is most defensible when the event exercises public voice or authority, connects to place or community, and is open to real Indigenous participation or follow-through. If all three are present, the practice is usually justified. If none are, it is usually not.”
#landacknowledgementhttps://khelsilem.substack.com/p/understanding-the-purpose-limits
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Our art comes from the Italian Renaissance but every one of our performances has been on lands originally settled by the indigenous peoples of North America. Our art was imported from Europe but we can never forget the cultures displaced and disrupted during European conquest. We must always remember the past and and give thanks to their stewardship of the lands we have staged our performances upon:
➤Adena
➤Anishinabewaki
➤Bodéwadmiakiwen (Potawatomi)
➤Erie
➤Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee)
➤Hopewell
➤Kaskaskia
➤Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo)
➤Mascogo
➤Meškwahki·aša·hina (Fox)
➤Miccosukee
➤Mississauga
➤Mohican
➤Monongahela Culture
➤Myaamia
➤Očhéthi Šakówiŋ
➤Odawa
➤Osage
➤Peoria
➤Sauk & Meskwaki
➤Seminole
➤Shawandasse Tula (Shawanwaki/Shawnee)
➤Susquehannock
➤Timucua
➤Tocobaga
➤WenrohrononUse this mapping tool to explore more: https://native-land.ca/
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Our art comes from the Italian Renaissance but every one of our performances has been on lands originally settled by the indigenous peoples of North America. Our art was imported from Europe but we can never forget the cultures displaced and disrupted during European conquest. We must always remember the past and and give thanks to their stewardship of the lands we have staged our performances upon:
➤Adena
➤Anishinabewaki
➤Bodéwadmiakiwen (Potawatomi)
➤Erie
➤Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee)
➤Hopewell
➤Kaskaskia
➤Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo)
➤Mascogo
➤Meškwahki·aša·hina (Fox)
➤Miccosukee
➤Mississauga
➤Mohican
➤Monongahela Culture
➤Myaamia
➤Očhéthi Šakówiŋ
➤Odawa
➤Osage
➤Peoria
➤Sauk & Meskwaki
➤Seminole
➤Shawandasse Tula (Shawanwaki/Shawnee)
➤Susquehannock
➤Timucua
➤Tocobaga
➤WenrohrononUse this mapping tool to explore more: https://native-land.ca/
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Our art comes from the Italian Renaissance but every one of our performances has been on lands originally settled by the indigenous peoples of North America. Our art was imported from Europe but we can never forget the cultures displaced and disrupted during European conquest. We must always remember the past and and give thanks to their stewardship of the lands we have staged our performances upon:
➤Adena
➤Anishinabewaki
➤Bodéwadmiakiwen (Potawatomi)
➤Erie
➤Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee)
➤Hopewell
➤Kaskaskia
➤Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo)
➤Mascogo
➤Meškwahki·aša·hina (Fox)
➤Miccosukee
➤Mississauga
➤Mohican
➤Monongahela Culture
➤Myaamia
➤Očhéthi Šakówiŋ
➤Odawa
➤Osage
➤Peoria
➤Sauk & Meskwaki
➤Seminole
➤Shawandasse Tula (Shawanwaki/Shawnee)
➤Susquehannock
➤Timucua
➤Tocobaga
➤WenrohrononUse this mapping tool to explore more: https://native-land.ca/
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I just finished putting together my #LandAcknowledgement, which is also an action plan because of what I learned at the Native Governance Center (https://nativegov.org/news/beyond-land-acknowledgment-guide/).
A quote by the Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation gives me hope that my actions might make a difference: “Any action we take has the potential to ripple out and affect so many others, through time, without us ever even being aware of it.” https://www.wishtoyo.org/first-nations-ecological-conservation-alliance
The #LandAcknowledgment & Action Plan are at my website: http://corinalogan.com (scroll down). It will also go in my articles that use data from this population of grackles.
It took lots of learning to get to the point of having a finished statement. I share my process here in the hopes that it inspires you to do this as well!
My process...I read about #LandAcknowledgments & saw examples. I like the Native Governance Center's advice, so I followed their steps
https://nativegov.org/news/beyond-land-acknowledgment-guide
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I just finished putting together my #LandAcknowledgement, which is also an action plan because of what I learned at the Native Governance Center (https://nativegov.org/news/beyond-land-acknowledgment-guide/).
A quote by the Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation gives me hope that my actions might make a difference: “Any action we take has the potential to ripple out and affect so many others, through time, without us ever even being aware of it.” https://www.wishtoyo.org/first-nations-ecological-conservation-alliance
The #LandAcknowledgment & Action Plan are at my website: http://corinalogan.com (scroll down). It will also go in my articles that use data from this population of grackles.
It took lots of learning to get to the point of having a finished statement. I share my process here in the hopes that it inspires you to do this as well!
My process...I read about #LandAcknowledgments & saw examples. I like the Native Governance Center's advice, so I followed their steps
https://nativegov.org/news/beyond-land-acknowledgment-guide
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I just finished putting together my #LandAcknowledgement, which is also an action plan because of what I learned at the Native Governance Center (https://nativegov.org/news/beyond-land-acknowledgment-guide/).
A quote by the Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation gives me hope that my actions might make a difference: “Any action we take has the potential to ripple out and affect so many others, through time, without us ever even being aware of it.” https://www.wishtoyo.org/first-nations-ecological-conservation-alliance
The #LandAcknowledgment & Action Plan are at my website: http://corinalogan.com (scroll down). It will also go in my articles that use data from this population of grackles.
It took lots of learning to get to the point of having a finished statement. I share my process here in the hopes that it inspires you to do this as well!
My process...I read about #LandAcknowledgments & saw examples. I like the Native Governance Center's advice, so I followed their steps
https://nativegov.org/news/beyond-land-acknowledgment-guide
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I just finished putting together my #LandAcknowledgement, which is also an action plan because of what I learned at the Native Governance Center (https://nativegov.org/news/beyond-land-acknowledgment-guide/).
A quote by the Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation gives me hope that my actions might make a difference: “Any action we take has the potential to ripple out and affect so many others, through time, without us ever even being aware of it.” https://www.wishtoyo.org/first-nations-ecological-conservation-alliance
The #LandAcknowledgment & Action Plan are at my website: http://corinalogan.com (scroll down). It will also go in my articles that use data from this population of grackles.
It took lots of learning to get to the point of having a finished statement. I share my process here in the hopes that it inspires you to do this as well!
My process...I read about #LandAcknowledgments & saw examples. I like the Native Governance Center's advice, so I followed their steps
https://nativegov.org/news/beyond-land-acknowledgment-guide
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#DavidShaneLowry Calls for More Than a #LandAcknowledgement in Talk Hosted by Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archeology
by Christian Estrada and Tayla Stempson
Oct 18, 2024"On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archeology hosted a talk by David Shane Lowry, a member of the #Lumbee Tribe and an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Southern Maine. His discussion centered on settler #colonialism, the #LandBack movement, and the importance of returning #IndigenousLands to their original owners.
"In an interview with The Phillipian, Lowry urged students to grapple with #IndigenousHistory in the current era, not just the past. He expressed his hopes for Andover students not to shy away from uncomfortable situations.
"'You have to make Native and Indigenous peoples part of today. They can’t merely be part of events/politics/wars in the past. Every experience that you all at PA have with your local and national community ought to be to work to reverse the realities that allow you to live comfortably outside of relationships with Native and Indigenous peoples,' wrote Lowry in an email to The Phillipian."
Read more:
https://phillipian.net/2024/10/18/david-shane-lowry-calls-for-more-than-a-land-acknowledgement-in-talk-hosted-by-robert-s-peabody-institute-of-archeology/
#IndigenousEducators #LandBack #DavidLowry #IndigenousVoices -
#DavidShaneLowry Calls for More Than a #LandAcknowledgement in Talk Hosted by Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archeology
by Christian Estrada and Tayla Stempson
Oct 18, 2024"On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archeology hosted a talk by David Shane Lowry, a member of the #Lumbee Tribe and an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Southern Maine. His discussion centered on settler #colonialism, the #LandBack movement, and the importance of returning #IndigenousLands to their original owners.
"In an interview with The Phillipian, Lowry urged students to grapple with #IndigenousHistory in the current era, not just the past. He expressed his hopes for Andover students not to shy away from uncomfortable situations.
"'You have to make Native and Indigenous peoples part of today. They can’t merely be part of events/politics/wars in the past. Every experience that you all at PA have with your local and national community ought to be to work to reverse the realities that allow you to live comfortably outside of relationships with Native and Indigenous peoples,' wrote Lowry in an email to The Phillipian."
Read more:
https://phillipian.net/2024/10/18/david-shane-lowry-calls-for-more-than-a-land-acknowledgement-in-talk-hosted-by-robert-s-peabody-institute-of-archeology/
#IndigenousEducators #LandBack #DavidLowry #IndigenousVoices -
#DavidShaneLowry Calls for More Than a #LandAcknowledgement in Talk Hosted by Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archeology
by Christian Estrada and Tayla Stempson
Oct 18, 2024"On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archeology hosted a talk by David Shane Lowry, a member of the #Lumbee Tribe and an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Southern Maine. His discussion centered on settler #colonialism, the #LandBack movement, and the importance of returning #IndigenousLands to their original owners.
"In an interview with The Phillipian, Lowry urged students to grapple with #IndigenousHistory in the current era, not just the past. He expressed his hopes for Andover students not to shy away from uncomfortable situations.
"'You have to make Native and Indigenous peoples part of today. They can’t merely be part of events/politics/wars in the past. Every experience that you all at PA have with your local and national community ought to be to work to reverse the realities that allow you to live comfortably outside of relationships with Native and Indigenous peoples,' wrote Lowry in an email to The Phillipian."
Read more:
https://phillipian.net/2024/10/18/david-shane-lowry-calls-for-more-than-a-land-acknowledgement-in-talk-hosted-by-robert-s-peabody-institute-of-archeology/
#IndigenousEducators #LandBack #DavidLowry #IndigenousVoices -
#DavidShaneLowry Calls for More Than a #LandAcknowledgement in Talk Hosted by Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archeology
by Christian Estrada and Tayla Stempson
Oct 18, 2024"On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archeology hosted a talk by David Shane Lowry, a member of the #Lumbee Tribe and an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Southern Maine. His discussion centered on settler #colonialism, the #LandBack movement, and the importance of returning #IndigenousLands to their original owners.
"In an interview with The Phillipian, Lowry urged students to grapple with #IndigenousHistory in the current era, not just the past. He expressed his hopes for Andover students not to shy away from uncomfortable situations.
"'You have to make Native and Indigenous peoples part of today. They can’t merely be part of events/politics/wars in the past. Every experience that you all at PA have with your local and national community ought to be to work to reverse the realities that allow you to live comfortably outside of relationships with Native and Indigenous peoples,' wrote Lowry in an email to The Phillipian."
Read more:
https://phillipian.net/2024/10/18/david-shane-lowry-calls-for-more-than-a-land-acknowledgement-in-talk-hosted-by-robert-s-peabody-institute-of-archeology/
#IndigenousEducators #LandBack #DavidLowry #IndigenousVoices -
No matter how we got here,
We find our self's in the occupied territories of turtle island. And despite the proclamations of the enlightened empire, we each have a choice to make. Do the work of colonialism, or act like we live here.#landback #landacknowledgement #manifesto #creativewriting #uspol #cc #animism #permaculture
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No matter how we got here,
We find our self's in the occupied territories of turtle island. And despite the proclamations of the enlightened empire, we each have a choice to make. Do the work of colonialism, or act like we live here.#landback #landacknowledgement #manifesto #creativewriting #uspol #cc #animism #permaculture
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No matter how we got here,
We find our self's in the occupied territories of turtle island. And despite the proclamations of the enlightened empire, we each have a choice to make. Do the work of colonialism, or act like we live here.#landback #landacknowledgement #manifesto #creativewriting #uspol #cc #animism #permaculture
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No matter how we got here,
We find our self's in the occupied territories of turtle island. And despite the proclamations of the enlightened empire, we each have a choice to make. Do the work of colonialism, or act like we live here.#landback #landacknowledgement #manifesto #creativewriting #uspol #cc #animism #permaculture
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It made me smile to read the #LandAcknowledgement on #ZeroTheCat's Website.
I've been so impressed by some of the websites that my British Columbia Institute of Technology students built this past Term, a wonderful mix of creative, funny, thought provoking, and forward thinking.
For a smile and a little more light in your day, go for a ramble with Zero: https://zerothecat.ca/
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It made me smile to read the #LandAcknowledgement on #ZeroTheCat's Website.
I've been so impressed by some of the websites that my British Columbia Institute of Technology students built this past Term, a wonderful mix of creative, funny, thought provoking, and forward thinking.
For a smile and a little more light in your day, go for a ramble with Zero: https://zerothecat.ca/
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It made me smile to read the #LandAcknowledgement on #ZeroTheCat's Website.
I've been so impressed by some of the websites that my British Columbia Institute of Technology students built this past Term, a wonderful mix of creative, funny, thought provoking, and forward thinking.
For a smile and a little more light in your day, go for a ramble with Zero: https://zerothecat.ca/
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It made me smile to read the #LandAcknowledgement on #ZeroTheCat's Website.
I've been so impressed by some of the websites that my British Columbia Institute of Technology students built this past Term, a wonderful mix of creative, funny, thought provoking, and forward thinking.
For a smile and a little more light in your day, go for a ramble with Zero: https://zerothecat.ca/
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@AndGraceToo
About "Our home ON native land":
Has there been a public conversation this year about changing the anthem to your wishes?#OurHomeOnNativeLand #Canada #NationalAnthem #LandAcknowledgement
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@AndGraceToo
About "Our home ON native land":
Has there been a public conversation this year about changing the anthem to your wishes?#OurHomeOnNativeLand #Canada #NationalAnthem #LandAcknowledgement
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@AndGraceToo
About "Our home ON native land":
Has there been a public conversation this year about changing the anthem to your wishes?#OurHomeOnNativeLand #Canada #NationalAnthem #LandAcknowledgement
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@AndGraceToo
About "Our home ON native land":
Has there been a public conversation this year about changing the anthem to your wishes?#OurHomeOnNativeLand #Canada #NationalAnthem #LandAcknowledgement
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www.whose.land/en/ Americans, please make sure to check whose land you’re on if you don’t already know. #Thanksgiving #landacknowledgement #indiginouspeople #nativeamericans #stolenland https://ift.tt/qb4tPe7
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www.whose.land/en/ Americans, please make sure to check whose land you’re on if you don’t already know. #Thanksgiving #landacknowledgement #indiginouspeople #nativeamericans #stolenland
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My heart is full -- just met with the Tokyo #EnglishforActivists group, people I have known for over a decade. Wonderful people, nearly all women, active in anti-nuclear, anti-domestic violence, human rights, workers rights, cooperative, women's rights and other movements. We talked about #Gaza, #pronouns, #LandAcknowledgement
It was fun to see some people trying on "they" for the first time. 💓 -
My heart is full -- just met with the Tokyo #EnglishforActivists group, people I have known for over a decade. Wonderful people, nearly all women, active in anti-nuclear, anti-domestic violence, human rights, workers rights, cooperative, women's rights and other movements. We talked about #Gaza, #pronouns, #LandAcknowledgement
It was fun to see some people trying on "they" for the first time. 💓 -
Several Native American tribes once occupied land now part of Ann Arbor Public Schools
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Several Native American tribes once occupied land now part of Ann Arbor Public Schools
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Several Native American tribes once occupied land now part of Ann Arbor Public Schools
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Several Native American tribes once occupied land now part of Ann Arbor Public Schools
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good morning from the indigenous land of Bodwéwadmi (Potawatomi)
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good morning from the indigenous land of Bodwéwadmi (Potawatomi)
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good morning from the indigenous land of Bodwéwadmi (Potawatomi)
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good morning from the indigenous land of Bodwéwadmi (Potawatomi)
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Baroness Von Sketch perfectly illustrating the ridiculousness of most land acknowledgments. #Indigedon #LandAcknowledgement #Comedy #BaronessVonSketchShow #Indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #colonialism #Colonization #ComedySketch #CBC
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Baroness Von Sketch perfectly illustrating the ridiculousness of most land acknowledgments. #Indigedon #LandAcknowledgement #Comedy #BaronessVonSketchShow #Indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #colonialism #Colonization #ComedySketch #CBC
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Baroness Von Sketch perfectly illustrating the ridiculousness of most land acknowledgments. #Indigedon #LandAcknowledgement #Comedy #BaronessVonSketchShow #Indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #colonialism #Colonization #ComedySketch #CBC
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Baroness Von Sketch perfectly illustrating the ridiculousness of most land acknowledgments. #Indigedon #LandAcknowledgement #Comedy #BaronessVonSketchShow #Indigenous #IndigenousMastodon #colonialism #Colonization #ComedySketch #CBC
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As if settler colonizers weren't already detached from any responsibility to build meaningful relationships to Indigenous Peoples whose lands they're occupying, they now have a number they can text to find out whose lands they're on to do a #LandAcknowledgement. Fuck your digitized and analogue allyship performances. #LandBack #AntiColonial #AccomplicesNotAllies
(from the Indigenous Action Facebook page)
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #VoiceToParliament
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As if settler colonizers weren't already detached from any responsibility to build meaningful relationships to Indigenous Peoples whose lands they're occupying, they now have a number they can text to find out whose lands they're on to do a #LandAcknowledgement. Fuck your digitized and analogue allyship performances. #LandBack #AntiColonial #AccomplicesNotAllies
(from the Indigenous Action Facebook page)
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #VoiceToParliament
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As if settler colonizers weren't already detached from any responsibility to build meaningful relationships to Indigenous Peoples whose lands they're occupying, they now have a number they can text to find out whose lands they're on to do a #LandAcknowledgement. Fuck your digitized and analogue allyship performances. #LandBack #AntiColonial #AccomplicesNotAllies
(from the Indigenous Action Facebook page)
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #VoiceToParliament
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As if settler colonizers weren't already detached from any responsibility to build meaningful relationships to Indigenous Peoples whose lands they're occupying, they now have a number they can text to find out whose lands they're on to do a #LandAcknowledgement. Fuck your digitized and analogue allyship performances. #LandBack #AntiColonial #AccomplicesNotAllies
(from the Indigenous Action Facebook page)
#Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #TreatyBeforeVoice #VoiceToParliament
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Welcome to the rebuilt kostyn.ca. As part of raising my blog from the dead, I am committing to posting land acknowledgments as part of an on-going, anti-colonial writing practice. This practice is inspired by the on-going anti-racism work we do on the OPIRG Brock Board where each member is asked to write/re-write/recite/re-recite their own land acknowledgment on a rotating basis for our meetings and other gatherings. I hope for this to be the first of many Land Acknowledgments to come, and acts as a part of my contribution to the polishing of the Covenant Chain.
My name is Kostyn, my pronouns are he/they. Where I’m writing from today in so-called St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada is traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, Wendat and Chonnonton peoples. I was born in this city and raised between here, and the countryside to the East. All of this territory is covered by Upper Canada Treaties, particularly, the “Between the Lakes Purchase,” also known as, “Treaty 3,” (but not that “Treaty 3”) the “Niagara Purchase,” known as “Treaty 381,” and is within the land protected by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum agreement. I encourage you to read the surprisingly accessible treaties for this land if you’re here, or finding out Whose.land you’re on with this wildly useful resource.
I want to use this acknowledgment to talk about my ancestral relationship to settler colonialism and this region (Niagara, Ontario), and to encourage you all to do the same wherever you find yourself.
Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Metis – though they are more recent) have lived, loved, rejoiced, and made community in Niagara long before, all throughout, and hopefully will continue to do so well after my life. Via the global (though not all-powerful) systems of colonialism, white supremacy, capitalism, and extractivism – which ancestors of mine helped to usher in (including a colonizer-poet who advocated for a Canadian nation-state with genocidal fervor years before Confederation) – this land was made appealing to and safe for people like my immigrant Great Grandfather. In the early 20th century, he fled Bukovina to work in a coalmine in Alberta, before moving to Niagara.
By the end of my great grandfather’s life, Canadian society’s perception of his identity shifted from seeing him as a poor immigrant-settler “Uke,” to a white man, a mythical racial category through which the ruling classes opportunistically expand and reduce who is and isn’t considered to be, like them, supreme and most human. His son, my grandfather, then became wealthy thanks to his willingness to work against (or shocking ignorance towards) working class solidarity, and his inherited designation as “white.” From contributing to the white supremacist mythology of Canada, to literally taking coal out of the land, and buying an education thanks to substantial inter-generational wealth, my ancestors and I both benefit from and contribute to on-going settler colonialism.
The complicated story of how each of us got to be where we are today, must simultaneously ground and unsettle our lives. As an advocate for environmental justice, and one who is dedicated therefore to the struggles against colonialism, capitalism, extractivism, and all other forms of oppression, I want to emphasize that to do good environmental justice work requires a careful balance of loving the land, lakes, sandy soil, plants, fungi, fellow animals, and countless other creatures, taking care of ourselves, as well as pushing ourselves to be accountable, changeable, yet steadfast in our material commitment to anti-colonial, anti-racist, and antifascist work.
Those of you who have access to the material resources to do so, I encourage you to donate to the Niikinaaganaa Foundation at payyourrent.ca which builds and helps to sustain sustain Indigenous communities and flourishing.
#land-acknowledgement #niagara #ontario #st-catharines #whiteness
https://kostyn.ca/2023/08/07/land-acknowledgement-version-1-0/
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Welcome to the rebuilt kostyn.ca. As part of raising my blog from the dead, I am committing to posting land acknowledgments as part of an on-going, anti-colonial writing practice. This practice is inspired by the on-going anti-racism work we do on the OPIRG Brock Board where each member is asked to write/re-write/recite/re-recite their own land acknowledgment on a rotating basis for our meetings and other gatherings. I hope for this to be the first of many Land Acknowledgments to come, and acts as a part of my contribution to the polishing of the Covenant Chain.
My name is Kostyn, my pronouns are he/they. Where I’m writing from today in so-called St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada is traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, Wendat and Chonnonton peoples. I was born in this city and raised between here, and the countryside to the East. All of this territory is covered by Upper Canada Treaties, particularly, the “Between the Lakes Purchase,” also known as, “Treaty 3,” (but not that “Treaty 3”) the “Niagara Purchase,” known as “Treaty 381,” and is within the land protected by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum agreement. I encourage you to read the surprisingly accessible treaties for this land if you’re here, or finding out Whose.land you’re on with this wildly useful resource.
I want to use this acknowledgment to talk about my ancestral relationship to settler colonialism and this region (Niagara, Ontario), and to encourage you all to do the same wherever you find yourself.
Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Metis – though they are more recent) have lived, loved, rejoiced, and made community in Niagara long before, all throughout, and hopefully will continue to do so well after my life. Via the global (though not all-powerful) systems of colonialism, white supremacy, capitalism, and extractivism – which ancestors of mine helped to usher in (including a colonizer-poet who advocated for a Canadian nation-state with genocidal fervor years before Confederation) – this land was made appealing to and safe for people like my immigrant Great Grandfather. In the early 20th century, he fled Bukovina to work in a coalmine in Alberta, before moving to Niagara.
By the end of my great grandfather’s life, Canadian society’s perception of his identity shifted from seeing him as a poor immigrant-settler “Uke,” to a white man, a mythical racial category through which the ruling classes opportunistically expand and reduce who is and isn’t considered to be, like them, supreme and most human. His son, my grandfather, then became wealthy thanks to his willingness to work against (or shocking ignorance towards) working class solidarity, and his inherited designation as “white.” From contributing to the white supremacist mythology of Canada, to literally taking coal out of the land, and buying an education thanks to substantial inter-generational wealth, my ancestors and I both benefit from and contribute to on-going settler colonialism.
The complicated story of how each of us got to be where we are today, must simultaneously ground and unsettle our lives. As an advocate for environmental justice, and one who is dedicated therefore to the struggles against colonialism, capitalism, extractivism, and all other forms of oppression, I want to emphasize that to do good environmental justice work requires a careful balance of loving the land, lakes, sandy soil, plants, fungi, fellow animals, and countless other creatures, taking care of ourselves, as well as pushing ourselves to be accountable, changeable, yet steadfast in our material commitment to anti-colonial, anti-racist, and antifascist work.
Those of you who have access to the material resources to do so, I encourage you to donate to the Niikinaaganaa Foundation at payyourrent.ca which builds and helps to sustain sustain Indigenous communities and flourishing.
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https://kostyn.ca/2023/08/07/land-acknowledgement-version-1-0/