Land acknowledgments have become increasingly common nationwide over the past few years. Many mainstream public events — from soccer games and performing arts productions to city council meetings and corporate conferences — begin with these formal statements recognizing Indigenous communities' rights to territories seized by colonial powers. The 2024 Democratic National Convention began with an introduction reminding delegates how the convention is being held on land that was "forcibly removed" from Indigenous tribes. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Tribal Council Vice-Chairman Zach Pahmahmie and Tribal Council Secretary Lorrie Melchior took to the stage at the start of the convention where they welcomed the Democratic Party to their "ancestral homelands."
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@9JTN8S6 1wk1W
This question makes sense for territories that were seized by colonial powers, such as in the USA and Canada. It does not make sense in Britain.
@B4NBHRQ2wks2W
Yes, the indigenous English/Scottish/Welsh should have their right over their ancestral homeland acknowledged.
@B2V2VXKLiberal Democrat3mos3MO
Statements are meaningless - either act, or don't.
@B27RCS44mos4MO
Too vaguely worded. It depends on the history of the land.
@9ZT8SX95mos5MO
No, it's performative and they should do something more than a statement to recognise it.
@9XFDYGT6mos6MO
Including land acknowledgment statements should be the choice of the event as to whether or not to include them.
@9WQKFWK6mos6MO
No, there is no need to make such statements due to the fact this is only done to cause more division, History is not pretty, lands and peoples from all corners of the world have had historical injustices enacted upon them, there is no need for preferential treatment or acknowledgement of indigenous peoples, the past is the past, we need to move on towards the future.
@9WF48PZ6mos6MO
If it is related to natives, then yes. Otherwise no.
@9VCGPFF7mos7MO
Yes, but only the ones that directly involve native populations
If you are in a place where the displaced/colonised population is still alive and is still affected by the displacement, yes.
Do not know what a land acknowledgment statement is.
@B2WQYCF3mos3MO
How on earth does this apply to the UK? Unless we are talking about the Celts and Stonehenge?
@B2J98W93mos3MO
The UK itself did not rob land from ethnic minorities in the home islands and so this is unneeded
@9WTN5BT 6mos6MO
Theoretically this sounds good but in practice so many people have previously taken land from others that it cannot be workable.
@B4XF2HW4 days4D
I don't think this question is really relevant to the UK.
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