Pride Toronto is apologizing for a land acknowledgement sign displayed over the weekend after hundreds took to Twitter to call out the organization for erasing Indigenous people, and failing to properly recognize the origins of the territory on which the festivities took place.

The organization issued a statement on its Facebook page Monday, a day after images of the sign surfaced on social media.

Many pointed out the sign did not refer to any Indigenous communities or treaties that Toronto falls under.

Toronto is located on the traditional territory of several nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. It is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.

"Take a moment to connect with the land that you are currently standing on," the acknowledgement says.

"Now introduce yourself spiritually; build a relationship with Mother Earth that provides for all our relations. No matter what part of Mother Earth our family originates from, we all have a relationship and a responsibility to the land. Let's build a healthy relationship together," the statement continues.

this is what Pride Toronto considers a land acknowledgement <a href="https://t.co/hoMKbBXcpv">pic.twitter.com/hoMKbBXcpv</a> —@kiwinerd

Land acknowledgements stem from an Indigenous tradition that dates back centuries. On its website, the City of Toronto explains "a territorial or land acknowledgement involves making a statement recognizing the traditional territory of the Indigenous people(s) who called the land home before the arrival of settlers, and in many cases still do call it home."

It's a gesture many say marks a small but important step on the path to reconciliation.

"By making a land acknowledgement you are taking part in an act of reconciliation, honouring the land and Indigenous presence which dates back over 10,000 years," the city's website says.

In response to the flurry of tweets, Pride Toronto responded on Twitter, writing: "This acknowledgement was [written] by an indigenous person. Thanks for reaching out to Pride Toronto."

Hell, if they had even looked at the city of Toronto’s website it gives the city’s land acknowledgement and an explanation of the what and why of them. <a href="https://t.co/D5lIZnP1bG">https://t.co/D5lIZnP1bG</a> —@Ivriniel

That statement prompted even further criticism, which a tweet from the organization later acknowledged was "naive."

If an Indigenous person did write their *cringeworthy* land acknowledgement, and Pride TO didn’t do any further work themselves but are willing to throw said person under the bus, then they now have 2 things to apologize for. —@auntykita

I am so proud of the work they did and stand by it and them. They curated beautiful indigenous programming. We don’t interfere in the work of our community curators and I have taken the point that the statement was naive. —@PrideToronto

In its statement Monday afternoon, the organization said, "Pride Toronto would like to take full responsibility of this and apologize to our 2SLGBTQQIA+ Indigenous communities, and to acknowledge that there is more work to be done in our efforts to be intersectional, radically anti-racist, and anti-oppressive."

"We recognize the impact extends directly to the erasure of identities, communities and the histories of 2SLGBTQQIA+ Indigenous communities."