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List of 16 resources compiled by Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation) in 2021, with information about the Land Back movement and moving beyond symbolic or check-box acknowledgements.
What's Wrong With Land Acknowledgments, and How to Make Them Better
2021 CBC News article by Ka’nhehsí:io Deer providing perspectives from multiple First Nations people on land acknowledgments, and how organizations can take action beyond those statements.
More than Words: A Guide to Land Acknowledgements
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2019 blog post from Dr. Debbie Reese on the American Indians in Children's Literature blog about whether and how to do a land acknowledgement.
So You Began Your Event with an Indigenous Land Acknowledgement. Now What?
2023 NPR broadcast/story on land acknowledgements and perspectives from Indigenous leaders and activists on the practice.
Transformative Territory Acknowledgement Guide
Guide from Len Pierre Consulting, with examples, guidelines and resources for developing more reflective and transformative territorial acknowledgements.
Indigenous Metadata Resources
Latin American and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (LAIPA) SACO Funnel
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2023 document from the LAIPA SACO Funnel, providing guidance to US-based settlers and other non-Indigenous people on authority authority work relating to Indigenous nations in the U.S. , with an emphasis on sustained relationship building in ensuring library terminology respects Indigenous peoples' autonomy in naming practices.
Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA)
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Overview of the library’s use of a locally developed classification scheme and subject heading system to organize material in its collection with links to additional resources.
Hawaiian Language Controlled Vocabulary and Metadata. The project included collaborative work on a new vocabulary which can be searched at Ulukau.org.
Implementing Reparative Description for Indigenous Collections
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A group that develops research, policy, and practice innovations for Indigenous data sovereignty.
Personal Narratives
What's Wrong With Land Acknowledgments, and How to Make Them Better
2021 CBC News article by Ka’nhehsí:io Deer providing perspectives from multiple First Nations people on land acknowledgments, and how organizations can take action beyond those statements.
So You Began Your Event with an Indigenous Land Acknowledgement. Now What?
2023 NPR broadcast/story on land acknowledgements and perspectives from Indigenous leaders and activists on the practice.
Six Miles from the Mouth of the River: Who Are Land Acknowledgements For?
2024 column by Kelly Boutsalis, a Mohawk journalist from the Six Nations of the Grand River, on the problems surrounding land acknowledgements from her viewpoint.