Oromo does not deny that it occupies lands of indigenous peoples and displaced hundreds of natives such as the Gafat, Damot, Ennarya, Kafa, Gonga, Amara, Argoba, Harari, etc. The storey of Oromo in Ethiopia is the storey of violent occupation of lands followed by displacements of populations to less resource-rich lands and the destruction of their languages, history and traditions.
Like the colonizers in US, Canada, Australia acknowledge the land they have occupied is the land of the indigenous people, Oromo should do the same to help come to terms with its crimes and give a little solace to the indigenous peoples of Ethiopia from whom it took so much.
The Ethiopian indigenous victims of the Oromo expansion have no desire to expel Oromo to the Ethio-Somali border of Borena, but our demand for Oromo acknowledgement of our stolen lands is just and firm.
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Land acknowledgment in Canada
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"Land acknowledgements, also known as territorial acknowledgements, are short statements that recognize both the land and the Indigenous people who lived — and in many situations continue to live — on the land prior to Canada’s colonial history...Since the 2015 release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report, land acknowledgements have become ubiquitous.
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"...in a 2016 address to the Assembly of First Nations, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada offered: “Before I begin, I’d like to recognize the Algonquin Nation, on whose traditional territory we are gathering. We acknowledge them as the past, present and future caretakers of this land."