Land Recognition
Chicago is part of the traditional homelands of the Council of the Three Fires: the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi Nations. Many other tribes like the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac and Fox also called this area home. Located at the intersection of several great waterways, the land naturally became a site of travel and healing for many tribes. American Indians continue to call this area home and now Chicago is home to the sixth largest Urban American Indian community that still practices their heritage, traditions, and care for the land and waterways. Today, Chicago continues to be a place that calls many people from diverse backgrounds to live and gather. Despite the many changes the city has experienced, our American Indian, Ear Taxi Festival and New Music Chicago communities see the importance of the land and this place that has always been a city home to many communities and perspectives.
— American Indian Center of Chicago
Find out on whose ancestral lands you reside:
Learn more about land acknowledgements:
https://native-land.ca/resources/territory-acknowledgement/
https://nativegov.org/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/