This paper (28 page PDF) is not only fascinating, it is well worth reading for those charged with expressing land acknowledgements. The paper serves three objectives: to describe the history of land acknowledgements in the Coast Salish region of British Columbia, specifically, the ch'ech'itsul code; to identify how traditional acknowledgements are being "culturally misappropriated" to contain references to "stolen land", to express personal feelings, and to describe remorse or regret; and to describe the correct form of a land acknowledgement for the region, consisting of three parts: to introduce and situate the speaker, to acknowledge the stewards of the territory, and to explain the intent behind the event. Where I live, some 3500 kilometres away, my home sits on land where the traditional territories of four distinct nations overlap: the Omàmìwininìwag (Algonquin), Wendake-Nionwentsïo, Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee), and Anishinabewaki, and is acknowledged in a treaty called the Crawford Purchase (1783).
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