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A guide to the indigenous people that lived on Edgewood land and Wisconsin.

Edgewood University Land Recognition Statement

Enacted October 8, 2018

We recognize the sacred land upon which Edgewood University exists. Our Dominican heritage, educational mission, and core values call us to be stewards of this land and the Native mounds located throughout our campus. We respectfully acknowledge our local First Nation, the Ho-Chunk, and the additional 11 Indigenous Nations of Wisconsin that have shaped our state's history and our local community.

Ho-Chunk translation:

Mąąnąkre, hanąąc wakącąkže aire. Teejopregi, Edgewood University, eegi mįįnąkra, že’e heesge harukosire wa’ųanąąkwi. Waagax hojoci xetera hacįja howaawajiwira, jaagu wagigųsikjera, anąga jaagu cooweeja hakerewira, mąąnąkre haiš’akikjawi heesgeže wa’ųąkra, anąga mąąnąkre eegi, wąąkšiks’akra wooxe t’ųųpirera, hąnąąc wiirakara nįhekjeesge wa’ųąkšąną. Hoocąkra nąga Wąąkšikhijąra hanąąc eegi stoo hįįkikicihinįhawira, že’e hąąpte’e hanąąc hirokikikere wąąkšik ho’įra, hįįkikišjek hįįwa’ųąjawi. Woo’įnąpesge!

Flags from tribes of Wisconsin hanging in the Edgewood University lobby

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