We All Go Back to the Land: The Who, Why, and How of Land Acknowledgements

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Jan 25, 2021 - Social Science - 344 pages

Getting the Land Acknowledgement Right

Land Acknowledgements often begin academic conferences, cultural events, government press gatherings, and even hockey games. They are supposed to be an act of Reconciliation between Indigenous peoples in Canada and non-Indigenous Canadians, but they have become so routine and formulaic that they have sometimes lost meaning. Seen more and more as empty words, some events have dropped Land Acknowledgements altogether.

Métis artist and educator Suzanne Keeptwo wants to change that. She sees the Land Acknowledgement as an opportunity for Indigenous peoples in Canada to communicate a message to non-Indigenous Canadians—a message founded upon Age Old Wisdom about how to sustain the Land we all want to call home.

This is an essential narrative for truth sharing and knowledge acquisition.

About the author (2021)

Suzanne Keeptwo, Métis (Algonkin/French and Irish) of Québec, is both an artist and professional educator who merges traditional Anishinaabe Teachings and artistic expression to inform others about Indigenous historical truths and contemporary realities. She has worked across the country as a professional facilitator with host clients that include the Museum of Human Rights, McGill University, Full Circle: First Nations Performance, and the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada. Suzanne is also a freelance writer, editor, and consultant, with expertise in bridging cultural gaps of understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

Bibliographic information

TitleWe All Go Back to the Land: The Who, Why, and How of Land Acknowledgements
AuthorSuzanne Keeptwo
Published2021
Length344 pages
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Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
Social Science / Indigenous Studies
  
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