We All Go Back to the Land
The Who, Why, and How of Land Acknowledgements
Suzanne Keeptwo
- 432 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
We All Go Back to the Land
The Who, Why, and How of Land Acknowledgements
Suzanne Keeptwo
About This Book
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.
MĂ©tis 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 Canadiansâa 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.