The D65 one feels like a prayer now at the beginning of each meeting and sucks up 10 mins. I'm not sure I understand what the point is.
One of my favorite writers (and native american) Sherman Alexie once tweeted something like "I'll accept your land acknowledgement as soon as you're on the flight back to Europe"
Until we commit to returning land to the native tribes, the land acknowledgements are just performative bullshit.
I documented the history of Evanston's land in this story:
https://www.foiagras.com/p/is-the-harley-clark-mansion-on-native
The D65 one feels like a prayer now at the beginning of each meeting and sucks up 10 mins. I'm not sure I understand what the point is.
One of my favorite writers (and native american) Sherman Alexie once tweeted something like "I'll accept your land acknowledgement as soon as you're on the flight back to Europe"
The D65 land acknowledgment reads like a bad Portlandia skit.
But, hey, our Paleozoic predecessors need some love!
I keep a trilobyte fossil on my desk just to remind me that everything is temporary and I might be next!