Native Land Acknowledgment

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From Lutherans Restoring Creation: Acknowledging the Indigenous peoples on whose land our churches sit has the potential to profoundly shift our relationship to our history, our indigenous neighbors, and the land. How might you lead your church through a process that opens the door to awakening?

Inspired by Vance Blackfox’s call for Lutherans to embrace and practice Native land acknowledgement, Kim Marinucci Acker and Trevor Bakker (Palo Alto, CA) co-led an 11-member committee through an eight-week process of self reflection, research, statement creation, and roll-out to the congregation. To share their experience, they have created a resource and facilitation guide to assist you in leading a collaborative land acknowledgment process.

Listen to them share experiences and resources Nov. 12th on the Connections Call. 

For a broader understanding of the practice and its significance please check out these resources prior to the conversation:

• A call from Cherokee Nation citizen and fellow Lutheran: Vance Blackfox

• Honor Native Land (4 minute overview)

• Guide to Land Acknowledgement

• Who are the first earth-keepers on the land you stand on?

• Whose Land of the Free? a reflection

• Listen to a variety of testimonials from people from the Northern Great Lakes Synod re: Doctrine of Discovery -2020