Hi everyone,
At this time, I am not aware of a formal statement for our campus, however, I plan to see if there is one in the works or if there is an existing statement. I went to an event recently where a statement was used, and came across one through a colleague.
I used a land acknowledgement at an event for the first time this week. Here's the excerpt of what it looked like:
And here's my revised statement that I would give at a future event, after learning from everyone in the course:
I would like to begin our session by acknowledging the Dakota people and their traditional homelands where our campus now resides. I come from a place of respect and gratitude to be living, working, and learning on these beautiful lands. My ancestors came from the Scandinavian and Yugoslavic regions to the United States many years ago and are scattered across the country. For several generations, my family and I have been settlers in Minnesota, which comes from the Dakota name for this region, Mni Sota Maḳoce, or 'the land where the waters reflect the skies.'