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So you began your event with an Indigenous land acknowledgment. Now what?

A land acknowledgment is a statement before an event recognizing the Indigenous communities that originally inhabited the space where the event is taking place. Above, a high-resolution topographic image released by NASA in 2003. NASA/Getty Images hide caption

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So you began your event with an Indigenous land acknowledgment. Now what?

Statements recognizing Indigenous rights to territories seized by colonial powers may be well-meaning. But some Indigenous leaders fear these acknowledgments may become routine and performative.

So you began your event with an Indigenous land acknowledgment. Now what?

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