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Indigenous groups irked after Aurora leaders sharply shoot down “land back” acknowledgment

Comments such as the land being “God’s country” stem from ignorance, tribal leader says

An art installation by Kristina Maldonado Bad Hand in the Seeds of Power Unity Farm on August 17, 2022, in Denver. Maldonado Bad Hand created her first living land acknowledgement art installation in the garden as an acknowledgement of the Cheyenne, Arapahoe and all the indigenous people of all the tribes that once called Colorado home. She says the piece is a representation of mothers and the land itself. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
An art installation by Kristina Maldonado Bad Hand in the Seeds of Power Unity Farm on August 17, 2022, in Denver. Maldonado Bad Hand created her first living land acknowledgement art installation in the garden as an acknowledgement of the Cheyenne, Arapahoe and all the indigenous people of all the tribes that once called Colorado home. She says the piece is a representation of mothers and the land itself. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Saja Hindi - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 5, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Sitting in the center of an urban community garden in Denver is a "living land acknowledgment" that Kristina Maldonado Bad Hand created, a living topiary sculpture of a mom and her baby boy, surrounded by succulents and birchwood.
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