Salina Land Acknowledgment
Matthew Harrington KU Medical Center Salina Land Acknowledgment
Throughout the United States' history, maps of Native nations and territories are often historically misrepresented and incomplete. History books and the borders illustrated on western maps often exclude migration, rich oral histories, sacred sites and colonialism survival stories for our Native people.
As a step toward reconciliation, the University of Kansas Medical Center acknowledges that KU Medical Center resides on the traditional homelands of several tribal nations, including the Washtáge Moⁿzháⁿ (Kaw / Kansa), 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷 𐒼𐓂𐓊𐒻 𐓆𐒻𐒿𐒷 𐓀𐒰^𐓓𐒰^ (Osage), Nʉmʉnʉʉ Sookobitʉ (Comanche), Pâri (Pawnee) and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Dakota, Lakota, Nakota) peoples.
In addition, we recognize, advocate, and support the sovereignty of the four federally recognized tribes who have reservations in 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.
Consistent with KU Medical Center's commitment to creating and maintaining a diverse, equitable and inclusive learning and working environment that nurtures the growth and development of our learners, employees, patients and community partners, KU Medical Center honors the traditions, histories and contributions of all Native American communities.
