Land Acknowledgment & 

Action Steps.

Syracuse, New York:

We acknowledge with respect the Onondaga Nation, firekeepers of the Haudenosaunee, the Indigenous people on whose ancestral lands the Nacy Warner Associates business office now stands.

 

We support the Onondaga Nation’s Land Rights Case brought to the World Court in the United Nations in 2014, and we acknowledge the Onondaga Nation as a leader of Land Stewardship in Central New York.

 

We encourage you to read and absorb the following excerpt from the Opening Statement of the Onondaga Nation Land Rights Case:

“The Onondaga People wish to bring about a healing between themselves and all others who live in this region that has been the homeland of the Onondaga Nation since the dawn of time. The Nation and its people have a unique spiritual, cultural, and historical relationship with the land, which is embodied in Gayanashagowa, the Great Law of Peace. This relationship goes far beyond federal and state legal concepts of ownership, possession, or legal rights. The people are one with the land and consider themselves stewards of it. It is the duty of the Nation’s leaders to work for the healing of this land, to protect it, and to pass it on to future generations. The Onondaga Nation brings this action on behalf of its people in the hope that it may hasten the process of reconciliation and bring lasting justice, peace, and respect among all who inhabit the area.”

Troy, New York:

We acknowledge with respect the Mohican people, the indigenous people on whose land our Capital Region office now stands. We acknowledge the Schaghticoke First Nations, and its acquisition of 73 acres of land in Columbia County. We acknowledge the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the oldest participatory democracy on Earth.

Action Steps that Nacy Warner Associates is taking in the second half of 2023 and encourages to you to take:

  • Read the full Onondaga Nation 2005 Land Rights Case

  • Read the Native Governance Center’s online “Beyond Land Acknowledgement” page

  • Research Land Reparations & Indigenous Solidarity to identify opportunities to provide direct financial compensation to the Onondaga Nation, the Mohican people, the Schaghticoke First Nations, and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy

 

September 2023

Updates and revised action steps and acknowledgements will be posted above.