A Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgment

It’s easy for land acknowledgments to become yet another form of optical allyship. Instead of spending time on a land acknowledgment statement, we recommend creating an action plan highlighting the concrete steps you plan to take to support Indigenous communities into the future.

This resource showcases entry points for those interested in working with Indigenous communities or strengthening existing work.

Building on historical research and Indigenous Studies scholarship, the authors of this study catalog and examine the totality of land dispossession and forced migration in what is currently called the United States.

Restoring access and cultural rights to Indigenous tribes is an important endeavor to start correcting the historical wrongs inflicted on the Indigenous community. This article outlines the options that innovate traditional legal real property agreements to restore Native Americans' access to land.

Violation of the audio or visual recording statutes may give rise to one of four standard invasion of privacy torts. While the privacy torts are civil actions, the recording statutes may permit both civil and criminal actions. These practical pointers can help ensure your land trust is following the rules when using recording devices on conserved land.