More than 100 school districts across the country have “land acknowledgement statements,” many of which say the United States was built on “stolen land” and committed genocide.
Districts in at least 17 different states have land acknowledgment statements, a Parents Defending Education analysis exclusively obtained by The Daily Wire shows. A land acknowledgement — which PDE defines as “a formal statement that is intended to recognize Indigenous or Native peoples as the original inhabitants/stewards of the land a school district, staff, and students occupy” — are often read at the beginning of meetings or other public gatherings.
New Hampshire’s Frances C. Richmond Middle School, for example, claims that the United States was built on “stolen land” in its land acknowledgement statement.
“We, the RMS community, would like to acknowledge that our school is built…
