Land Acknowledgement
Back of the Yards College Prep High School is situated on the ancestral lands of the Three Fires Confederacy - the Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Odawa nations - as well as other tribal nations, including the Kiikaapoi, Myaamia, Menominee, Sac and Fox, and Ho-Chunk peoples. The state of Illinois is currently home to more than 75,000 tribal members. The land that is currently the city of Chicago has always been and remains an important Indigenous place.
Learn more:
American Indians in Chicago today:
- Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative
- Chi-Nations Youth Council
- American Indian Center Chicago
The History of American Indians in Chicago: