Before there were “Land Acknowledgments,” as written pledges of recognition of the first Earth-Keepers living in North America, Indigenous Peoples of this land, now known as the United States of America, had lifeways that embodied respect for the land. Tribal languages, customs, habits, clan systems, social organization, and totems speak volumes about these relationships. For my Tsoyaha or Yuchi People, removal from our homelands nearly two hundred years ago through the depredations of US policy constituted a climate change event.