November 2021 Bar Bulletin
“We respectfully acknowledge that our virtual event is taking place on the homeland of many native peoples who have lived in this region from time immemorial.” You’ve likely heard some variation of this over the past couple years at any event you attend in Seattle. Land acknowledgments are a wonderful way to inspire others to support our Indigenous communities. However, often I feel organizations simply deliver land acknowledgments because — well, everyone else is doing it. My fear is that much the same way Tik Tok trends and Pumpkin Spice lattes are widely popular, land acknowledgments will be how organizations trend within...