We acknowledge that Bemidji State University is located on land and water that is the current and ancestral homeland of the Ojibwe and Dakota. We acknowledge the painful history of genocide, forced assimilation, and efforts to alienate the Indigenous inhabitants from their territory here, and we honor and respect the many diverse Indigenous peoples still connected to this land on which we gather, their retained sovereignty and treaty rights, and unbroken linguistic and cultural thriving. Indigenous people are the spiritual and physical caretakers of this land to which we all belong. We are committed to uplifting the names of these sacred lands as well as the community members from these Nations.
🐦🔥 Indigenous People Are Still Here.