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

“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.”
#landacknowledgement

https://khelsilem.substack.com/p/understanding-the-purpose-limits

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
➤Wenrohronon

Use this mapping tool to explore more: https://native-land.ca/

#LandAcknowledgement #GiveThanks #Theater

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

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

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/

#BCIT #StoryToGo