Tacoma Community College Library: Native American Heritage Month: Land Acknowledgement

Land Acknowledgement

ʔuyayus čəł ʔal ti swatxʷixʷtxʷəd ʔə tiił spuyalapabš (in Twulshootseed)

May we continue to honor this fact as we work on meaningful ways to meet our educational obligations to local Tribes and Indigenous students.

Land Acknowledgments: A Resource Guide
by Rebekah Williams Last Updated Jan 17, 2025 3 views this year

Land & Labor Acknowledgements at TCC
"We recognize and pay respect to the original inhabitants of the land we now call home and the labor of those our campus has benefitted from." - Read the acknowledgements on the TCC website

Indigenous perspectives

Indigenous Perspectives

This Land - an Indigenous Perspective on Land Acknowledgment
Partnership between the Sacred Land Conservancy and the Mountaineers
Indigenous Land and Territorial Acknowledgements for Institutions
"This resource has been developed to support the identification of components that contribute to an effective Land Acknowledgement and that can initiate steps towards meaningful and equitable relationship building with Indigenous Peoples and communities."
What are land acknowledgements and why do they matter?
Indigenous writer Selena Mills shares her thoughts on land acknowledgements.
Land acknowledgements are a good first step, but there’s a lot more work to be done
By indigenous writer Serena Mills
'I regret it': Hayden King on writing Ryerson University's territorial acknowledgement
by Hayden King, an Anishinaabe writer and educator who works at Ryerson University

Puyallup Tribe

Referencing Indigenous elders and knowledge keepers

Referencing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers

Citation formats do not have a way to formally acknowledgment Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers in reference citations. In response, NorQuest College Library (linked below) has created a citation style "in the spirit of wahkôhtowin and reconciliation" to do this:

Unlike most other personal communications, Elders and Knowledge Keepers should be cited in-text and in the reference list.
The citation format for the reference list follows the following format:
- Last name, First name., Nation/Community. Treaty Territory if applicable. City/Community they live in if applicable. Topic/subject of communication if applicable. Date Month Year.
- Cardinal, Delores., Goodfish Lake Cree Nation. Treaty 6. Lives in Edmonton. Oral teaching. 4 April 2004.

Citing Indigenous Elders & Knowledge Keepers
From NorQuest College Library

Note: If you would like to approach an Elder or Knowledge Keeper for teachings, remember to follow protocol or if you are unsure what their protocol is, please ask them ahead of time.