Land Acknowledgment

The Field Museum commits to honor and respect this history and heritage in the fulfillment of our Mission, Strategic Objectives, and Core Values. The Museum is built on the traditional homelands of the Council of the Three Fires: the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi Nations. Many other Native Nations, including the Ho-Chunk, Miami, and Sac, and Meskwaki, have also known this area as home. The Museum recognizes that the region we now call Chicago was and is an important hub of trade, worship, and community for many Indigenous Nations, and continues to be home to diverse Native peoples today. We acknowledge this ongoing relationship and the significant contributions of Native peoples to the development and endurance of this region. The land we walk remains Native land. 

The Field Museum’s Land Acknowledgment represents one step in a larger effort to cultivate respectful, reciprocal, and sustainable relationships with Native peoples, informed by principles of collaboration, transparency, and mutual learning, and to honor Indigenous knowledge, sovereignty, cultures, and histories of the Museum’s endeavors.

We Are All on Native Land

As part of our ongoing effort to celebrate and share the histories and contemporary experiences of Native American people, we bring Native voices to the forefront through Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories.

Have questions or comments? Interested in learning more? Contact JD Chancellor, Tribal Liaison at jchancellor@fieldmuseum.org.