Near West Side in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Land Acknowledgement
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, December 10, 2025
1. Land Acknowledgement Marker
Inscription.
Land Acknowledgement. . Zhigaagoong (Chicago) is the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy: Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, and is also home to the Miami, Illinois, Inoka, Ho-Chunk and Menominee people. Owing to its location on Mishigami (Lake Michigan) as well as its proximity to the many rivers that lead to the area, this land was the traditional meeting place for many tribes and communities and is now home to one of the largest and most diverse urban Native communities in the U.S. As we work, live and play on these territories, we must ask what we can do to right the historic wrongs of colonization and state violence, and support Indigenous communities' struggles for self-determination and sovereignty.
Zhigaagoong (Chicago) is the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy: Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, and is also home to the Miami, Illinois, Inoka, Ho-Chunk and Menominee people. Owing to its location on Mishigami (Lake Michigan) as well as its proximity to the many rivers that lead to the area, this land was the traditional meeting place for many tribes and communities and is now home to one of the largest and most diverse urban Native communities in the U.S. As we work, live and play on these territories, we must ask what we can do to right the historic wrongs of colonization and state violence, and support Indigenous communities' struggles for self-determination and sovereignty.
Location. 41° 52.421′ N, 87° 39.09′ W. Marker is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in the Near West Side. It is on South Morgan Street near West Harrison Street. The marker is in the Heritage Garden near University Hall, on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 601 South Morgan Street, Chicago IL 60607, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking
3. Land Acknowledgement Marker and University Hall
Credits. This page was last revised on December 11, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 11, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 64 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on December 11, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
