Land Acknowledgement

Colorfully dressed performers in traditional indigenious attire. Six performers are outside standing about 4 feet from each other.
Performers at the 2019 Native American Month Annual Powwow at UIC

The University of Illinois Chicago rests on the land of multiple native nations. We recognize and honor the native and indigenous peoples of the Chicagoland area – the Three Fires Confederacy, Potawatomi, Odawa and Ojibwe Nations, as well as other Tribal Nations that know this area as their ancestral homeland, including the Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Miami, Peoria, and Sac and Fox. Native people are part of Chicago’s past, present, and future and it is our responsibility to listen to Indigenous voices, to honor their rights, and to work together towards equity and inclusion.