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We all go back to the land : the who, why, and how of land acknowledgments / Suzanne Keeptwo.

by Keeptwo, Suzanne, 1959-

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Brush Education Inc., 2021.

305.897071 K26w

Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Social life and customs.

Reconciliation.

Canada -- Race relations.

Canada -- Ethnic relations.

9781550598674 (pbk.)

xvii, 411 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Land Acknowledgements often begin academic conferences, cultural events, government press conferences, and even hockey games. They are supposed to be an act of Reconciliation between Indigenous people in Canada and non-Indigenous Canadians, but they have become so routine and formulaic that they have sometimes lost meaning. Seen more and more as empty words, some events have dropped Land Acknowledgements altogether. Métis artist and educator Suzanne Keeptwo wants to change that. She sees the Land Acknowledgment as an opportunity for Indigenous people in Canada to communicate their worldview to non-Indigenous Canadians -- a worldview founded upon Age Old Wisdom about how to sustain the Land we all want to call home. For Suzanne Keeptwo, the Land Acknowledgment is a way to teach and a way to learn: a living, evolving record of First Nation, Métis, and Inuit people in Canada and the Land that for millennia they held in pristine condition. As Keeptwo says: "Everything comes back to the Land -- as our common denominator and most perfect unifier for Reconciliation." 'We all go back to the land' is an indispensable guide to getting the contemporary Land Acknowledgment right."--From publisher.

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