#landacknowledgment — Public Fediverse posts

It's been almost a year since I made my #LandAcknowledgment action plan and so much has happened in this time. Here is an update...

1. Starting in 2024, I will make an annual donation to The SPACE, which is a Chumash-run organization working to share their culture through education and art with all people.
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2. I will contact the Wishtoyo #Chumash Foundation fall 2025 to see if I can join their environmental restoration efforts
--> ✅ but no response so I talked with Mia Lopez about whether there are such opportunities. She said there will be when the Dos Pueblos Ranch acquisition goes through (https://northernchumash.org/dos-pueblos/)

3. I will contact UCSB in fall 2025 to see what actions they are taking/planning to take to build relationships with Chumash people and reconnect them with their land
--> ✅ but no responses from Chancellors Yang or Assanis

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 live on the stolen ancestral territory of the Anishinaabeg and the Haudenosaunee. This land is being systematically destroyed by settlers who do not respect the land, the people, or the treaties. It is all of our responsibility to protect this land and water for all our relations who share it with us, as well as for future generations. When habitat is destroyed, the future is stolen from our descendants. #LandAcknowledgment #LandAcknowledgement #LandBack #Indigenous