Elisa J. Sobo, Michael Lambert and Valerie Lambert, Author at Social Science Space

Elisa J. Sobo, Michael Lambert and Valerie Lambert

Elisa J. Sobo is professor and chair of anthropology at San Diego State University; Michael Lambert is associate professor of African studies and anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Valerie Lambert is president of the Association of Indigenous Anthropologists and associate professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Map showing color-coded areas inhabited by indigenous peoples

Indigenous Anthropologists Call for Doing Land Acknowledgement Better

The Association of Indigenous Anthropologists requested that the American Anthropological Association officially pause land acknowledgments and the related practice of the welcoming ritual, in which Indigenous persons open conferences with prayers or blessings.