Land Acknowledgment

Keep It Queer Media acknowledges that by being based in Minnesota we are on Dakhóta Oyáte (Dakota) and Anishinaabe land: Mni Sóta Makoc̣ e.

The Dakota and Anishinaabe continue to live on this land and to govern their own sovereign nations.

There are four Dakota tribal nations and seven Anishinaabe tribal nations:
  • Bois Forte Band of Chippewa | Asabiikone-zaag'igan | MCT Member
  • Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | Nagaachiwanong | MCT Member
  • Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | Gichi Onigaming | MCT Member
  • Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe | Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag | MCT Member
  • Lower Sioux Indian Community | Cansa'yapi
  • Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe | Misi-zaaga'iganiing | MCT Member
  • Prairie Island Indian Community | Tinta Wita
  • Red Lake Nation | Miskwaagamiiwi-Zaagaiganing
  • Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community | Mdewakanton
  • Upper Sioux Community | Pezihutazizi Oyate
  • White Earth Nation | Gaa-waabaabiganikaag | MCT Member

    If you live in or visit the Twin Cities, we encourage you to visit the Minneapolis American Indian Center and the Gatherings Cafe: https://www.maicnet.orgt. In 2025, the Center celebrated its 50th year.

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    We recognize that we record our show at the studios of AM950 Radio which is near to Bdote. In the Dakota oral tradition, this is where the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers join and Bdote is the site of creation. It is a spiritual place and we encourage you to visit the Bdote Memory Map.
  • Bdote the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers at Wita Tanka.
    Bdote the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers
    at Wita Tanka. Photo credit: OnCamera.
    Made available through Wikimedia Commons.