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Category: The Conversation

A map depicting North America based on its Indigenous territories and languages.

Land acknowledgements meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead

From The Conversation (By Elisa J. Sobo, Michael Lambert, & Valerie Lambert) – Three anthropologists explain the rationale of the Association of Indigenous Anthropologists’ recent request to officially pause land acknowledgements.

How coronavirus threatens the seasonal farmworkers at the heart of the American food supply

From The Conversation – Conditions for farm workers put them at heightened risk as the coronavirus crisis continues. That could mean potential impacts on their health and well-being as well as the nation’s food supply.