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I don't know where you live but for the last few years, every public event or performance in Vancouver, Canada, has been preceded by a land acknowledgement stat
by sharkjacobs 6y ago
I don't know where you live but for the last few years, every public event or performance in Vancouver, Canada, has been preceded by a land acknowledgement statement. It happens at political events, at Hockey games, at plays and performances.
It's just a brief statement along the lines of "We acknowledge that this event is taking place on the unceded territory of (list of indigenous tribes who inhabited the specific region)"
There are debates about its merits as an actual tool of reconciliation, but I don't think it's possible to argue that it isn't an expression of guilt by the cultural majority.
- socialdemocrat 6y agoYeah but most countries are not newly settled countries like t he US, Canada, Australia etc. Europeans don’t think like this. Doubt Asians or Middle easterners think like this either. Singling our Iceland as a special case is bizarre. The US and Canada are the special cases, not Iceland.
- arethuza 6y agoI'm a Scot and the Declaration of Arbroath (1320) is pretty clear about the point: "The Britons they first drove out, the Picts they utterly destroyed, and, even though very often assailed by the Norwegians, the Danes and the English, they took possession of that home with many victories and untold efforts" Not very apologetic!