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"Acknowledgement alone is not enough," said David Ngasura, a historian from the Talai clan in western Kenya, whose members were forced from their land in the 1930s and sent to detention camps.

From Reuters • Nov. 1, 2023

There are three paths: the administrative route, in which tribes petition the BIA’s Office of Federal Acknowledgement.

From Washington Times • Mar. 1, 2023

Acknowledgement, of course, is not the same as change.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 28, 2018

On Saturday, the son will receive a Certificate of Acknowledgement from Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in his father’s honor, making the elder O’Neill a non-degreed alumnus.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2018

Acknowledgement of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose