Oscars features indigenous land acknowledgment, roasted as 'performative nonsense' on social media
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Los Angeles County released a formal land acknowledgment in 2022

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Published March 3, 2025 10:30am EST

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Julianne Hough attends the 97th Annual Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 02, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Savion Washington/Getty Images) (Photo by Savion Washington/Getty Images)

 a brief land acknowledgment during the ceremony Sunday night that drew scorn on social media.

Actress Julianne Hough gave recognition to three Native American tribes in a 15-second segment during the 97th annual Oscars ceremony.



[](https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos/supdocs/CountyLandAcknowledgment.pdf)

The acknowledgment read, "The County of Los Angeles recognizes that we occupy land originally and still inhabited and cared for by the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh, and Chumash Peoples. We honor and pay respect to their elders and descendants past, present, and emerging as they continue their stewardship of these lands and waters."



The Academy Awards acknowledged three Indigenous tribes during its ceremony Sunday night. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

It continued, "We acknowledge that settler colonization resulted in land seizure, disease, subjugation, slavery, relocation, broken promises, genocide, and multigenerational trauma. This acknowledgment demonstrates our responsibility and commitment to truth, healing, and reconciliation and to elevating the stories, culture, and community of the original inhabitants of . We are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these ancestral lands."

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