<div dir="ltr">Hi Eileen,<div><br></div><div>When I attended the BCMA Conference a few years ago, there was a discussion with a First Nations man who acted as a community liaison about the wording of territorial acknowledgements. He told us that having "traditional" in your territory acknowledgements suggests that the land is no longer theirs, which is probably where that sentiment comes from. In addition, it was suggested to us that we not use the term "unceded" either and instead focus on acknowledging that it is still their land, and that our ancestors were uninvited guests and therefore we are still visitors on their lands.</div><div><br></div><div>It took quite a while for us to come up with a land acknowledgement that we felt comfortable with, and it continues to evolve here as we learn more about these processes and the people who came before us.</div><div><br></div><div>Hopefully this helps. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about our processes or would like to discuss it further.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 10:48 AM Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <<a href="mailto:listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca">listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">Hi all,<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Twice now, the Cranbrook History Museum has received comments on our use of the word 'traditional' when referring to
'traditions' of two separate Indigenous tribes. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<span style="background:white">This was the last comment: "</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);background:rgb(240,242,245)">It still is Ktunaxa territory, traditional is past tense and means of erasure."</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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<span style="background:white">Does anyone have thoughts and do you have references for them?
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I will acquiesce to and am happy to receive consultation from any Indigenous leader(s) in the field.<br>
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