Territory acknowledgement is a way that people insert an awareness of Indigenous presence and land rights in everyday life. This is often done at the beginning of ceremonies, lectures, or any public event. It can be a subtle way to recognize the history of colonialism and a need for change in settler colonial societies.

Members of Unsettling Dramaturgy: Crip & Indigenous Dramaturgies discuss the necessity, importance, complexity, and difficulty of land acknowledgements in the context of online organizing, creation and collaboration.

Stanford Universities resources on land acknowledgement and it’s relations with Native peoples and organizations.

We are eager to share this #HonorNativeLand Virtual Acknowledgement Pack as an effort to renew our commitment to acknowledging place and the ancestral and contemporary stewards of these irreplaceable resources of land, air, water and cosmos. 

Guidelines for using Indigenous Australian terminology.

Our mission is to move from rhetoric to action, linking dialogue with praxis. Land acknowledgements are not land back. They are initial points of reckoning, of resistance and for activation. Here, we welcome you into this space by highlighting ongoing Indigenous advocacy projects alongside landback movements. Our work is rooted in advocacy, action, and change.

Terms for Indigenous Peoples have evolved over time and are continuing to evolve. This article consolidates guidelines for usage.

The staff and leadership at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art have taken good steps toward decolonizing and indigenizing the practices and curatorial processes of their organization. We consider this to be a good example and possible model for other partner and settler-run organizations.

The map is a living document, informed by the contributions of Indigenous communities, Indigenous knowledge holders and their stories.

Journalists’ word choices are shaped by colonialism. Here’s how The Tyee is changing that.

When I think about territorial acknowledgments, a few things come to mind that I’d like to explore. What is the purpose of these acknowledgments? What can we learn about the way these acknowledgments are delivered? In what spaces do these acknowledgements happen and more importantly, where are they not found? What can exist beyond territorial acknowledgements?

A template for Indigenous Protocol and acknowledgement (i.e. Land Acknowledgment or Embodied Land Acknowledgment)