A couple of years prior to the pandemic, as the director of American Indian studies at The Ohio State University, Christine Ballengee Morris was contacted by museums, schools, and city officials regarding their desire to express a land acknowledgment in recognition of the Native American lands their institutions had colonized. What I (CBM) noticed was that, while recognition was important, action steps were missing from the discussions I had with those who wanted an acknowledgment. I began to share with them that it was possible that they might not be ready for such a statement until they had reviewed their own colonial history, acquisitions, and inventories. What did they have to offer other than words of acknowledgment? Then the pandemic came, which left many of us with only Zooms and more dialogue; but their desire to have an acknowledgment did not go away. This article explores three stories about land acknowledgments, the processes undertaken to create them, and the purposes they serve.