Land Acknowledgement
This land acknowledgement recognizes that Indigenous people are traditional guardians of the land and that there is an enduring relationship between Indigenous peoples and these traditional territories. Our School recognizes, advocates, and supports the sovereignty of the four-federally recognized tribes of Kansas, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska.
This acknowledgement reminds us to continue advocating for and supporting Native students, staff, and faculty while working towards decolonizing the systems of power and oppression. - KU School of Social Welfare
KU Spencer Museum of Art 2021 Common Work of Art | "Native Host," Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds
Map Visualizations of Native Lands
- Native Land - Our Home on Native Land Welcome to Native Land. Take the opportunity to learn whose lands you grew up on, or currently reside. This is a resource for North Americans (and others) to find out more about local Indigenous territories and languages.
- Westward Expansion and Dispossession of Indian Lands Interactive Map Used from the site: From the site: "Between 1776 and 1887, the United States seized over 1.5 billion acres from America's indigenous people by treaty and executive order. Explore how in this interactive map of every Native American land cession during that period."
Native American Maps, Cartography, and Geographic Knowledge
Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies by Call Number: Available via the InternetISBN: 0226907287Publication Date: 1998-12-31
Cartographic Encounters by Call Number: Location: Watson Library Stacks - 1 1/2 East Stacks, Call Number: E59.C25 C37 1998ISBN: 0226476944Publication Date: 1998-09-15
Another America by Call Number: Location: Watson Library Stacks - 1 1/2 East Stacks, Call Number: E59.C25 W37 1997ISBN: 0312150547Publication Date: 1997-03-01
The Southeast in Early Maps by Call Number: Location: Map Collection (Anschutz 1st floor) Call Number: folio GA405 .C8 1998ISBN: 0807823716Publication Date: 1998-05-25
Digital Mapping and Indigenous America by Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780429295546Publication Date: 2021-03-30
Toponyms and Place Names
Native American Placenames of the United States by Call Number: Watson Library Stacks - 1 Center Stacks, Call Number: E98.N2 B75 2004ISBN: 080613576XPublication Date: 2004-09-13
Indian Placenames in America by Call Number: Location: Watson Library Stacks - 1 Center Stacks, Call Number: E98.N2 N47 2003ISBN: 0786416548Publication Date: 2003-08-21
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Call Number: E98.P5 K56 2016Publication Date: 2021
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