U. Arizona and Northern Arizona U. to Open Football Season With ‘Land Acknowledgment’ Game
“Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities”
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Campus Reform reports:
Arizona will open football season with ‘land acknowledgement game’
University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University (NAU) will open the college football season with a “land acknowledgment” football game on Sept 2.
University of Arizona’s school calendar designates its home opener as a “Land Acknowledgement Game.” The game will begin at 7:00 p.m. on the University of Arizona’s campus, the website says.
On its about page, the University of Arizona prominently displays a land acknowledgment statement proclaiming that the school is established on the “land and territories of indigenous peoples.”
“Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui,” the statement says.
“Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.”
Campus Reform reached out to NAU’s athletic department for comment on it’s team’s participation in the “land acknowledgment” game. NAU said it could not comment because it had no control over the decision.
“This is an away game for us, and Northern Arizona doesn’t have input into marketing or promotions for games when we are on the road,” Northern Arizona University Associate Athletic Director for Communications Monica Cowbrough said, deferring to the University of Arizona.
NAU’s website features its own land acknowledgment statement to acknowledge the relationship between “Indigenous Peoples and their traditional territories.”
“Northern Arizona University sits at the base of the San Francisco Peaks, on homelands sacred to Native Americans throughout the region,” the statement says. “We honor their past, present, and future generations, who have lived here for millennia and will forever call this place home.”
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The loser has its campus demolished to make way for a casino.
How many casinos have been built on “sacred land”?
Outside of Nevada, I would think all of them.
NAU has always welcomed Native Americans such as Navajo’s as it sits adjacent to the largest Reservation in the country. I even had a Navajo as a Prof when I attended the school. No one much paid any attention to it.
What is it with colonial nations, government departments, colleges, corporations etc ‘acknowledging’ that the land they occupy belongs to others, and in this case, the O’odham and the Yaqui?
If a legal owner of property asserts that the land belongs to a specific other body, does that give that other body legal right to sue to reclaim their territory, or demand compensation?
The West has gone stupid on steroids and seems committed to cultural and political suicide. Rome fell to barbarian invasions. The West will fall because the Left are barbarians and committed to destroying everything – reverse Midas touch!
I have $500 million that I stole and i want to acknowledge it as money that doesn’t belong to as I buy a Rolls and a beach home in Malibu —
What the eff. If something doesn’t belong to you, you either GIVE IT BACK or STFU. Hypocrite coward virtue signaling LOWLIFE THIEVES.
Doomed