UMB Writing Center’s Land Acknowledgement
Here is the land acknowledgment of the Southern Management Companies (SMC) Campus Center, part of the downtown campus of the Íøºì±¬ÁÏ, Baltimore (UMB) (copied from the SMC Campus Center's website). The Writing Center is located in that building:
“The SMC Campus Center at the Íøºì±¬ÁÏ, Baltimore would like to recognize the Indigenous Peoples who lived on the land where our building stands. Through this effort we aim to promote Indigenous visibility and encourage support of Indigenous communities.”
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List of local organizations and projects relevant to Indigenous and other groups interconnected with Indigenous rights and advocacy:
Resources to learn more about local Indigenous history and contemporary affairs, including those of Lumbee and Cherokee communities:
- Chen (2020) Baltimore’s . Baltimore Corps.
- Kast & Harvie (2020) . WYPR: On Point.
- Minner (2019) . Bewminate.
- Spiegel (2020) . Smithsonian Magazine.
- Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, the American Library Association (RBMS)
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation (2020) YouTube.
Resources to engage with national Indigenous issues and organizations:
- Belfi (2020) . Cultural Survival.
- Center for Native American Youth (2021) . Aspen Institute.
- Gearon (2021) . Stanford Social Innovation Review.
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) (2017) .
- Nagle (host, 2021) . Crooked Media [podcast].
- Native Americans in Philanthropy (2022)
- Native Women's Wilderness (n.d) .
- The Center of Excellence on Racial and Ethnic Minority Young Men Who Have Sex with Men and Other Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations (YMSM + LGBT) (2015) .
- University of British Columbia Library (2021) .
- Vinyeta, Powys Whyte, & Lynn (2015) . United States Department of Agriculture. (Website includes link for downloadable pdf-file of the article)
- Zinn Education Project (n.d.) .
For guidance on creating a land acknowledgment, view these resources:
- UMBC Office of Equity and Inclusion (2021) .
- Native Governance Center (n.d.) .