Land Acknowledgment Resources
Pronunciations
Potawatomi (Bodéwadmik)- Pot-tah-WAH-tah-mee
Ojibwe (Anishinaabeg)- Oh-JIB-way
Odawa (Odawak)- Oh-DAH-wah
Learn more about local, present-day Nations here:
https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/diversity/chicago-indigenous
Content in the link above used by permission of the American Library Association, Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services.
Video by Multicultural Student Affairs
Created for incoming students during Wildcat Welcome Orientation
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Indigenous Ally Toolkit
Created by Montreal Indigenous Community Network, this Indigenous Ally Toolkit (2019), explains the role that an individual occupies and plays within the collective experience and SO MUCH MORE!
Downloads
We invite you to post this flyer in your work space to help spread awareness and reflection on Northwestern’s place in relation to the land its situated on. You can download, print and post the images below:
Land Acknowledgment poster- PNG
Land Acknowledgment poster- PDF
Land Acknowledgment logo- purple
Land Acknowledgment logo- white
Zoom Virtual Background #1
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Birch Bark Purple Outline Northwestern N logo
Birch Bark Northwestern N logo
Reflection Questions
- What does a land acknowledgment ask of us?
- How will it inform my/our work moving forward?
- Considering the many roles and relationships you have (human-being, family member, student or staff or faculty, community member), what does honoring this relationship to place look like for you?
- What resources and/or knowledge do you need?
- What relationships do you need to establish or strengthen? (University, Tribal Nations, Tribal Organizations, etc.)
Facilitated Workshop
The Land We Learn On: Refusing Invisibility & Erasure of Indigenous Communities
Led by Aaron Golding and Jasmine Gurneau
In this 60-90 minute training, participants will better understand what a land acknowledgment is and why it is important both individually and in relation to Indigenous Peoples. Participants will also learn a brief history of Native American initiatives at Northwestern, settler colonialism, and how to intentionally and respectfully engage with Indigenous communities to build relationships beyond the land acknowledgment statement.
*due to current capacity constraints, we are only able to offer this workshop to internal Northwestern-affiliated units. We are offering 30-minute consultation requests in lieu of a formal workshop.