tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post7338190950406150585..comments2024-03-17T16:24:40.322-05:00Comments on American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL): Are you planning to do a Land Acknowledgement? Debbie Reesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-41286205135643955432022-07-01T03:36:53.049-05:002022-07-01T03:36:53.049-05:00Now, it just made sense why “land acknowledgement”...Now, it just made sense why “land acknowledgement” is said on a few lectures I have attended. I could tell the tone of my instructor’s voice and speech. I felt honor, respect , obedience, poetry and a lot of reverence to ancient times and tribes. Thank you so much for this clarification.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-55980961399354274352019-08-05T17:25:28.992-05:002019-08-05T17:25:28.992-05:00Thanks, Sam. Going to take a look at that!Thanks, Sam. Going to take a look at that!Debbie Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-47449592943802018262019-08-05T17:09:14.949-05:002019-08-05T17:09:14.949-05:00I've been meaning to tell you this for a while...I've been meaning to tell you this for a while (since March 16, in fact), but there was a horror novel--<i>Small Spaces</i> by Katherine Arden--published in 2018. You see, although one of that book's characters (Seth, who's incidentally also the villain) mentions the Abenaki living on the land that is now a...<i>mysterious</i> farm, Arden does <b>NOT</b> use the "Indian graveyard" trope you've so often complained about, Debbie. And, <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=P-ycDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83&dq=%22small+spaces%22+abenaki&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlu_SW2uzjAhWrxVkKHT6NBykQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=%22small%20spaces%22%20abenaki&f=false" rel="nofollow"> what Seth says</a> isn't what you'd expect most white writers, let alone their characters, to mention about the Abenaki.Sam Jonsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037969317578064759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-65895171826704646532019-03-17T23:09:39.804-05:002019-03-17T23:09:39.804-05:00This is so incredibly helpful! Thank you! We inher...This is so incredibly helpful! Thank you! We inherited a Land Acknowledgment in our organization and while we've felt it was important, it has absolutely been a token. I really appreciate both having it pointed out how the good intentions are lacking and the concrete suggestions you've made for how to help breathe life into it and make it more meaningful. Now seeing how much richer it can be, I want to make it better.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13238956617558195968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-19339512764822693482019-03-13T16:02:41.978-05:002019-03-13T16:02:41.978-05:00Thanks so much. We have been considering doing a l...Thanks so much. We have been considering doing a land acknowledgment, and to your point number 16, we would be doing it in my church! I have good contacts here with local tribal people, so all of your hints about how to do it right are most welcome, and do-able. Thanks again. --David Dodd (Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma, California)ddoddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15960477269080061928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760240.post-62539300644139390512019-03-10T10:56:12.497-05:002019-03-10T10:56:12.497-05:00Thanx for this informative post.
In Aotearoa New ...Thanx for this informative post.<br /><br />In Aotearoa New Zealand land acknowledgements are universal, and are in Māori. In Australia land acknowledgements are in English and are partisan: progressives give them, while reactionaries don't. <br />Gavin Moodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799216774033636001noreply@blogger.com