Options for Acknowledging the

Traditional Owners/Custodians of the land

on which people gather and meet

N.B. It is important to remember that an  Aboriginal person from the particular land can welcome people to that land, but anyone can make the Statement of Acknowledgment.

Some options:

• As we gather/meet today we acknowledge the Traditional owners and custodians who have walked and cared for this land for thousands of years and their descendants who maintain these spiritual connections and traditions.

• Let us pause to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we gather today. Let us pay our respects to them and their ancestors who maintain their spiritual connections to this land.

• We acknowledge and respect the traditional custodians whose ancestral lands we gather upon here today. We acknowledge the deep spiritual attachment and relationship of Aboriginal peoples to this country and commit ourselves to the ongoing journey of Reconciliation.

• As we gather today we acknowledge and respect the spiritual relationship the Aboriginal people have with this country. We also acknowledge the local custodians and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still important today.