SUNY Cortland


Land Acknowledgement


“The State University of New York at Cortland would like to respectfully acknowledge the land we occupy today at Cortland as the traditional, ancestral home of the Iroquois (Ee-ro-koi) or Haudenosaunee (Ho-dee-noh-show-nee), the People of the Longhouse. In particular, we recognize the Onondaga Nation, the central firekeepers of the six-nation Haudenosaunee Confederacy, whose ancestral territories include the land on which our institution now stands. We take this opportunity to thank the original occupants of this place for their historical and continued stewardship.”
Personal Land Acknowledgement
Please find my personal statement on land acknowledgement here, where I also address my responsibilities to engage in dismantling all forms of oppressive systems.
Resources
Land Reparations & Indigenous Solidarity Toolkit
https://resourcegeneration.org/land-reparations-indigenous-solidarity-action-guide/

Unsettling America
https://unsettlingamerica.wordpress.com/