Land Acknowledgment Statement

The University of Wisconsin–Madison occupies ancestral Ho-Chunk land, a place their nation has called Teejop (day-JOPE) since time immemorial.

In an 1832 treaty, the Ho-Chunk were forced to cede this territory.

Decades of ethnic cleansing followed when both the federal and state government repeatedly, but unsuccessfully, sought to forcibly remove the Ho-Chunk from Wisconsin.

This history of colonization informs our shared future of collaboration and innovation.

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies joins UW–Madison in acknowledging our respect for the inherent sovereignty of the Ho-Chunk Nation, along with the eleven other First Nations of Wisconsin.