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Should major public events include land acknowledgment statements?

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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 @B46V7MRfrom Alberta  answered…4wks4W

No, and land acknowledgments pose a significant legal challenge to laws regarding unreasonable search and seizure. If we structure our society as if we were occupying stolen land, or in possession of stolen property, we would forfeit any legal rights to due process. These acts of Neo-Marxist legalistic colonialism must be put down brutally and quickly.

 @B4GWPTLfrom Ontario  answered…2wks2W

Land Acknowledgements are a liberal farce and we should focus on actually returning sovereignty to Indigenous peoples

 @B4SSTX3from Alberta  answered…2 days2D

Are they providing proceeds to Indigenous groups or just tokenizing them with a land acknowledgement

 @9V7ZQ9Sfrom Maine  answered…7mos7MO

Yes, as long as the land acknowledgement is not performative in nature

 @9TXLQ28from Ontario  answered…7mos7MO

Acknowledgement is condescending. Do something material or stop the acknowledgments.

 @B38PWRMfrom Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

Yes, but only if they commit to ongoing truth and reconciliation practices within their organization/company

 @B37N6CPfrom Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

If the land acknowledge is meaningful and not the monotone version we all get now, I feel like it’s a bandaid and we should be more action towards reconciliation

 @B35WYBCfrom Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

Yes, but I recognize that land Acknowledgements are only a first step in a reconciliation process, and we must move beyond them as well

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Texas Offers Trump 1,400 Acres for His Mass Deportation Dream

Officials in Texas have offered President-elect Trump a 1,400-acre ranch for his mass deportation plan.Dawn Buckingham, land commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, said in a letter to Trump Tuesday that her office was “fully prepared” to work with federal agencies that are going to be involved in Trump’s immigration plan, and specifically deportation.Buckingham offered Trump a 1,402-acre lot in Starr County. The lot is owned by the Texas General Land Office and is roughly 35 miles west of McAllen, Texas.She said the agency is ready to work with the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or the U.S. Border Patrol to build a facility on the land for “the processing, detention, and coordination of the largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation’s history.”“I am committed to using every available means at my disposal to gain complete operational security of our border,” Buckingham wrote.The letter and offering of land were first reported by The Texas Tribune. Last month, the state bought the land along the U.S.-Mexico border and has plans to build a wall.In the letter, Buckingham criticized her predecessor for not allowing a border wall to be built on the property. Those actions “enabled cartel members and violent criminals to sexually abuse migrant women and children on this land,” she said.On Monday, Trump signaled he would declare an immigration national emergency and use military assets to support his mass deportation plan when he returns to office.

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Trump’s Puerto Rico Problem Erupts in Pennsylvania: Latino Voters Fire Back

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