Native American Heritage Month
Land Acknowledgment Spoken at the November 2 Investiture of Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe
Native American Heritage Month is a time to reflect on the historical presence and value of Native peoples in our country, lament our role in the history of their oppression, and honor their contributions today. Land acknowledgments are one way that we can do this.
At the investiture of Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe, The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori spoke this land acknowledgment.
We honor the land and the Indigenous people on whose traditional territory the Church Center in Manhattan is located. With gratitude, we acknowledge the Munsee and Lenape people, whose home this land was for thousands of years. We also acknowledge all those whose territories interconnect us – the indigenous peoples of every land that is home for those gathered today. As we make this land acknowledgment, we are mindful of the traumatic history of systemic racism and oppression in the history of this nation and in the Church – a history we are only beginning to understand. We reaffirm our commitment to learning, growing, and finding new ways for meaningful, mutual healing as we move forward together.
On whose traditional territory is Church of the Incarnation located?
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