Land acknowledgements are used to recognize the original people who once occupied a place, often before being forceable removed by colonists.
Pamela D’Angelo reports on how one Tribe in Virginia turned words into something more meaningful.
When Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden wanted to write a land acknowledgement they reached out to Brad Brown, a citizen of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe. Brown, who directs the Indigenous film festival each November in Richmond, gave them a candid answer…