A Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgment
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Native Governance Center co-hosted an Indigenous land acknowledgment event on Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2019. This guide to Indigenous land acknowledgments was created based on the panelists' responses and includes information on how to create an acknowledgment, factors to consider and action steps.
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