Land acknowledgement
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in some countries , for example Canada or the United States, a formal statement that recognizes and respects the indigenous people of an area (= those who originally lived there) , often given at the beginning of a sports event, school day, or public meeting to say that it is taking place on land that formerly belonged to the indigenous people:
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