The map is a living document, informed by the contributions of Indigenous communities, Indigenous knowledge holders and their stories.
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The map is a living document, informed by the contributions of Indigenous communities, Indigenous knowledge holders and their stories.
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.
US Department of Arts and Culture
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.
Vanessa Whang
In 2014, MAP’s staff undertook “a deep examination of—and renewed commitment to—one of the
program’s foundational priorities: racial equity in arts and culture grantmaking.” This study reviews and analyzes the process.