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land acknowledgment noun[ C ] (alsoland acknowledgement)uk /ˈlænd əkˌnɒl.ɪdʒ.mənt/ us /ˈlænd əkˌnɑː.lɪdʒ.mənt/ in some countries , for example Canada or the United States, a formal statement that recognizes and respects the indigenous people of an area (= those who originally lived there), often given at the beginning of a sports event, school day, or public meeting to say that it is taking place on land that formerly belonged to the indigenous people: (加拿大、美国等国家)原住民土地确认(以正式演讲形式承认并尊重原住民对土地的拥有权,经常在体育比赛、上学日或公共集会前举行,演讲的措辞表明本活动在先前属于原住民的土地上举行) Before we even started our land acknowledgment, we had a discussion.我们在原住民土地确认演讲之前就讨论过了。 Land acknowledgements are a way for companies and individuals to identify wrongdoing and build new relationships with Native communities.原住民土地确认是团体及个人承认殖民历史的不当行为并与土著社区建立新关系的一种方式。 After reading the land acknowledgment this morning, we had a moment of silence. Verbal land acknowledgments are becoming more prevalent in the outdoor industry. I just attended a talk at the Brooklyn Museum which began with a simple land acknowledgement. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Colonization & self-government acknowledgement of country annex annexation anti-colonial anti-colonialism colony commonwealth condominium crown colony declare independence imperially independence Independence Day intercolonial Nat secede secession self-determination self-governing self-government |