DNC chairman Ken Martin invited Lindy Sowmick, a self-described Indigenous queer woman, to deliver a land acknowledgement recognizing that the land was taken from the Dakota people. Sowmick identified the Dakota Oyate as the original stewards of Minneapolis, described centuries of care for lakes and the Mississippi, and framed the dispossession as part of broken treaties and systemic suppression of indigenous cultural and spiritual history. The acknowledgement generated criticism on social media, with conservatives labeling it performative and out of touch and some on the left also offering critical reactions.
The DNC acknowledges and honors the Dakota Oyate, the Dakota people, who are the original stewards of the lands and waters of Minneapolis. The Dakota cared for the lands, lakes, and the Wakpa Tanka, the Great River, the Mississippi River for thousands of years before colonization. This land was not claimed or traded, it's a part of a history of broken treaties and promises, and in many ways we still live in a system built to suppress indigenous people's cultural and spiritual history.
Just perfect. The virtue signaling never ends. They could give the land back if they actually believe in this, but they won't because they don't. https://t.co/Motazn7UEq Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) August 25, 2025 The GOP should run this unedited as a campaign commercial, reacted former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior Jeremy Carl. Out of touch with reality. Out of touch with American voters. The GOP should run this unedited as a campaign commercial.
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