Land acknowledgement

[2][dubious – discuss] The modern practice of land acknowledgements began in Australia in the late 1970s, taking the form of the Welcome to Country ceremony, and was at first primarily associated with Indigenous political movements and the arts.

[3][6] The Welcome to Country is a ritual performed that is intended to highlight the cultural significance of the surrounding area to a particular Aboriginal Australian or Torres Strait Islander clan or language group.

[4] In Canada, land acknowledgments became more popular after the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission report (which argued that the country's Indian residential school system had amounted to cultural genocide) and the election of a Liberal majority led by Justin Trudeau that same year.

[7] The final report produced by the commission was later heavily criticized in academia, two retired professors from University of Manitoba describing it as "bad research".

[1] Native Governance Center has resources on the topic of land acknowledgment,[17][18] as do a number of sites geared toward colleges and universities.

Baldy argues it is better for land to be returned, or at least to describe specific, concrete actions the audience can take to assist Indigenous peoples.