Periagoge
Scenario

Why symbolic recognition feels like elaborate distraction

The state wants to rename the highway after a famous chief but they will not give us back the land the highway cuts through our burial ground.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A community receives ceremonial acknowledgment while substantive injustice continues unchanged.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous rights and land justice?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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