Land Acknowledgment

Northwestern Pritzker Law is a community of learners situated within a network of historical and contemporary relationships with Native American tribes, communities, parents, students, and alumni. The Law School is in the heart of downtown Chicago and thus sits among the urban Native American community in Chicago and near several tribes in the Midwest. 

Northwestern Pritzker Law is located on the traditional homelands of the Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), Peoria, Potawatomi, and Myaamia (Miami) nations, and is an extension of Northwestern University, which sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations. Northwestern’s Chicago and Evanston campuses are placed on lands that also were sites of trade, travel, gathering, and healing for more than a dozen other Native tribes and are still home to over 100,000 tribal members in the state of Illinois. 

It is within Northwestern Pritzker Law's responsibility as an academic institution to disseminate knowledge about Native peoples and the institution's history with them. In pursuit of our mission to be a place where theory meets practice and thought meets action, Northwestern University and Northwestern Pritzker Law work toward building relationships with Native American communities through academic pursuits, partnerships, historical recognitions, and community service.

Northwestern University Native American and Indigenous Resources

Further Information

Indigenous Chicago

Three Fires Council

Traditionally known as the Neshnabek, comprised of the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Bodéwadmi/Potawatomi.

Potawatomi

Potawatomi bands include:

Ojibwe

Nearby Ojibwe bands include: 

Other Ojibwe bands include:

Odawa

Miami Nation