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A portion of a map that erases the borders Colonial powers drew, and shows instead the Indigenous territories, treaties and languages of North America. Native Land Digital

Land acknowledgments meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead

Elisa J. Sobo, San Diego State University; Michael Lambert, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Valerie Lambert, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Land acknowledgments state that activities are taking place on land previously owned by Indigenous peoples. They’re popular – but they may harm more than they heal, say three anthropologists.

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