Registered Student Organization of Cornell University
Land Acknowledgement
This land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ leadership: Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ are members of the Hodinǫ̱hsǫ́:nih Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York state, and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ people, past and present, to these lands and waters.
In addition to the land acknowledgment but separate from it, the students in the Disability Advocates Union would like to recognize that Cornell's founding played a direct role in the dispossession of millions of Indigenous People which eventually led to a genocide through taking the land that was stolen under the Morrill Act of 1862.
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