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In this episode, we tour the Jiffy-Mart, the official digital bodega of the James Cave Instagram Feed.

Then we dive into a thoughtful exploration of land acknowledgments with Indigenous expert Heather Bruegl, who shares insights on creating meaningful statements that honor ancestral lands and their original stewards:

• Native-land.ca serves as a starting point for researching whose land you're on
• Tribal territories often overlapped, unlike modern state borders
• Research should include archives, libraries, land records, and the National Archives
• Always do preliminary work before approaching tribal nations for collaboration
• Land acknowledgments require months of research, reflection and action behind the words
• Heather shares the experience of returning to her ancestral homelands in New York
• Museums need better support systems for BIPOC workers presenting hard histories
• Even as an Indigenous person, Heather acknowledges her role in colonization
• A meaningful acknowledgment should feel like entering a form of ceremony

Heather Breugl can be reached at https://www.heatherbruegl.com.

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"The Jiffy Audio Newsletter Podcast" is an audio documentary zine – the official podcast of The Jiffy – exploring the odd histories, cozy mysteries, and surprising characters of upstate New York. Each episode is a small adventure, told with curiosity, humor, and the occasional text message from a stranger.

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