Acknowledgment of Country

ByHelena October 31, 2020October 21, 2020

This blog is written in Australia — a settler-colonial state founded on stolen land with the false and racist assertion that it was terra nullius (“no one’s land”).

Sovereignty was never ceded.

I acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the land on which I write, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation.

I also honor the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognize their continuing connection to lands, waters, and communities. I pay my respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures, and Elders past and present.

I acknowledge all Indigenous and First Nations peoples around the world as the rightful custodians of the places where we live and learn.

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Uluru Statement from the Heart

Aileen Moreton-Robinson (2015) White Possessive: Property, Power, and Indigenous Sovereignty

To find out more about the original custodians of the land on which you live, please visit Native-Land.ca.

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Helena

Helena is an intersectional feminist scholar-activist living and writing in Sydney, Australia. She has researched and taught social justice for 14 years. Helena loves good food, travel, and time alone. She longs to be a cat mom again someday.

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