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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No
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Given the long history of Irish land being stolen and used by colonisers, I think it's without a doubt that we should acknowledge when land has been stolen and who it rightfully belongs to when the subject is brought up.
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Yes, and a portion of money should be donated to the group affected after the event.
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If this is in the sense that the land was taken from Irish during plantations and passed down through planter families for generations then yes but better again take it back or make them pay for it
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Acknowledgement without action is pointless, where possible land should be returned to indigenous interests.
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