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To the Editor:
Re “Enough With the Land Acknowledgments,” by Kathleen DuVal (Opinion guest essay, Jan. 6):
Getting rid of the earth, thanks, will only be used to reduce the visibility of other native people in American society. There is no difficult knowledge about the proliferation of the earth thanks, but I think that greatly overestimates how unusual they are outside the academy doors and a small number of non -profit organizations.
And there is no unanimity among the natives around the thanks to the Earth (just as there is no unanimity in any question), I find that many of the maximum criticisms of what the writer cited come from non -native people.
It is correct that establishments want to make more to build credible relationships with indigenous nations. Py, it is not a consultation or recognize the old and continuous lifestyles of indigenous nations or have interaction with them.
We are in a crucial moment when many states (and soon the federal government) are trying to suppress learning about Native people in educational and other settings. Now is the time to embrace Indigenous visibility.
Until the aborigines other people have visibility in American life that other teams have, I say we want more thanks for the earth, nothing less.
Robert Maximwashingtonthe is a registered citizen of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and a fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he is doing research on tribal economies and identity in Indian Country.
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