Smathers Libraries Land Acknowledgment: Resources

Below are links to resources that were consulted by the Libraries’ Land Acknowledgement Taskforce as they worked to create the current land acknowledgement and the accompanying guidelines. We welcome you to learn more about land acknowledgments and how they serve as the first step in actionable efforts to recognize, honor, and support Indigenous communities and cultures in the Americas.  

• What are land acknowledgments and why do they matter? 

• A guide to Indigenous land acknowledgement 

• Beyond territorial acknowledgments 

• Honor Native Land: A Guide and Call to Acknowledgment 

• Guide to Indigenous Land and Territorial Acknowledgments for Cultural Institutions  

• Native American Studies: Guide to Land Acknowledgment 

• Beyond Awareness: Deepening Understandings of Land Acknowledgment Practices 

• Stewards of Land 

• Why Land Acknowledgments Matter

• Land-Grab Universities : Expropriated Indigenous Land is the Foundation of the Land-Grant University System

• Land Acknowledgments are a good first Step, but there's a lot more work to be done