unceded
- adjective
- /ʌnˈsiːdɪd/
- Specialized
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no cedido
- As we begin, let us take a moment to recognize that Stanford sits on the ancestral and unceded land of the Moekma Alone tribe.
- unceded territory
Examples
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Moreover, as Dorry's painting of Khatsalano's village shows, urban Aboriginal people often find themselves minorities in what was once the traditional territory of another community, as Marianne's family lives on the unceded traditional territory of the Coast Salish peoples.
Academic text (2014) -
Many Indigenous communities in Canada still advocate for recognition of their unceded rights to the land.
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The protest was organized to raise awareness about the unceded territories and the need for restitution.
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Living on unceded land, the tribe continues to preserve its culture and traditions despite historical challenges.
Synonyms
The original owner still owns it and has not sold it
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
unceded = ceded (transparent) = un + cede + ed
Formed by productive English negation un- + the past participle 'ceded', so the meaning 'not surrendered/given up' is directly derivable.
Etymology
The word unceded breaks into un- 'not' and ceded from a root meaning 'to give up', like in concede. So unceded describes land or rights that were 'not given up' or never formally transferred.
