I've started acknowledging the people who lived on this land first – and you should too
- Written by Chip Colwell, Lecturer on Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
It's unlikely your ancestors were the first to set foot here.Fred Harvey, Kansas City/ Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs DivisionIn Toronto, before singing “O Canada,” students and teachers in public schools begin their day by acknowledging that they are on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Haundenosaunee Confederacy...
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