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Land acknowledgments meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead

  • Written by Elisa J. Sobo, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, San Diego State University
imageA portion of a map that erases the borders Colonial powers drew, and shows instead the Indigenous territories, treaties and languages of North America.Native Land Digital, CC BY-SA

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