Land acknowledgments have become increasingly common nationwide over the past few years. Many mainstream public events — from soccer games and performing arts productions to city council meetings and corporate conferences — begin with these formal statements recognizing Indigenous communities' rights to territories seized by colonial powers. The 2024 Democratic National Convention began with an introduction reminding delegates how the convention is being held on land that was "forcibly removed" from Indigenous tribes. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Tribal Council Vice-Chairman Zach Pahmahmie and Tribal Council Secretary Lorrie Melchior took to the stage at the start of the convention where they welcomed the Democratic Party to their "ancestral homelands."
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Yes, but not to separate one group from another but to respect all people past and present (indigenous or not) that graze on the lands related to the acknowledgment. For example related to land on the Kombumerri people if a land acknowledgment statement (welcome to country) was occurring for some reason, it should be about welcoming people not from this area; but not telling people who live and have grazed on this land for decades or just months that aren't Indigenous that they are welcome to there own country.
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Ideally yes, but at this point it's become more like virtue-signalling. I think, at this point, Aboriginal Australia and non-Aboriginal Australia are two nations that cannot co-exist, since the wounds of colonialism are too stinging to repair. Like, this is a Two-Nation Theory, but I certainly do not advocate for Partition. I just think this inherent difference has to be acknowledged, and then can we move forward.
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Some times, like sporting events, especially like international sporting events. Not like Anzac Day, I believe it should only be for teams that don’t reside in that area. Make the Australians proud to be living in that part of Australia not hatred of it, I think the government has pushed it down the throat to much that has made it look bad. If Australian sporting event had like a haka type of thing I think people would get on it.
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