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“Whatever the intentions behind land acknowledgments, I am intrigued that otherwise well-educated listeners (especially university audiences) require continuous reminders that they occupy stolen land. Settler colonialism not only erases, it feeds on its own forgetfulness.”

Native American Academia North Carolina Indigenous Peoples American Indians Lumbee Indians Indigenous Peoples Day Land Back

Book:On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice

Source: On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice

“Settlers and migrants and the forcibly displanted get worried when Native people start talking about Land Back. What about their house? Where will they go? Unable to imagine any scenario other than what settler colonialism unleased on us, people assume that Land Back means evictions, relocations, and eliminations. In some cases, that might be appropriate... And although we are often, and I think reasonably, looking for change in ownership, at its core, Land Back means profoundly changing our relationship with land.”

Nationalism Indigenous Rights Land Back

Book:Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

Source: Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

“The land doesn’t need more saviors. It needs fewer conquerors.”

Philosophy Earth Activism Colonialism Environmentalism Decolonization Indigenous Rights Environmental Justice Climate Justice Land Back

Author:Lawrence Nault