It is Indigenous People’s Day. Everywhere I walk today, I am on indigenous people’s lands.
If you, too, want to acknowledge the lands you’re on in North America, this map of native lands has been very helpful to me.
There’s a 2018 article about the map and its development in Popular Mechanics here.
Here are some materials on honoring native lands in a public Google Drive folder that I’ve been making use of for Passover and Truthsgiving for the past two years, doing a land acknowledgement then, as well.
If you appreciate these materials, please give to a local indigenous organization. I’ve been donating monthly to the MCNAA, personally.
In particular, I appreciate their materials on and activism concerning mascots in MA.
In the end, everything comes back to my love of science fiction, so I’ll leave you with Darcie Little Badger’s website. I’ll also point you to Tor.com’s list of indigenous SFF authors you should read (although perhaps you should avoid the comments; some of them are rather tone-deaf).
Crystal Huff 