Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2018-1252

• Record #: R2018-1252
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 11/14/2018
• Final action: 11/14/2018
• Title: Recognition and support extended to indigenous peoples of Chicago and American Indian community
• Sponsors: Ramirez-Rosa, Carlos

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/14/2018		City Council	Introduced (Agreed Calendar)
11/14/2018	91417	City Council	Adopted	Pass

RESOLUTION

RECOGNIZING 'ZHIGAAGONG,' KNOWN TODAY AS 'CHICAGO', AS ALWAYS
BEING AN INDIGENOUS LANDSCAPE

WHEREAS The City of Chicago acknowledges that Chicago formerly known as Zhigaagong (pronounced 'Zhi-Gaa-Goo') to the native people, sits on the edge of multiple ecosystems, including Swamp, Oak Savanna and Prairie with waterways connecting the Mississippi River and Great Lakes;

WHEREAS The City of Chicago acknowledges it sits upon ancestral homeland to the Anishinaabek; Niswi-mishkodewin (Council of the Three Fires): Ojibwe, Odawa, and the Potawatomi along with dozens of tribes who cultivated and molded the land to sustainably suit their needs since time immemorial;

WHEREAS The City of Chicago acknowledges that an acknowledgement of the land is an Indigenous protocol performed on Indigenous lands across the globe;

WHEREAS The City of Chicago acknowledges Anishinaabemowin for providing the names of Chicago and Lake Michigan along with multiple territories, waterways, roads, and parks in and around Chicago;

WHEREAS The City of Chicago acknowledges it was and is a site of trade, travel, and healing for Indigenous peoples since time immemorial;

WHEREAS The City of Chicago acknowledges Indigenous Knowledge Systems and infrastructure continue to be appropriated as the blueprints of Chicago;

WHEREAS The City of Chicago acknowledges that the treaties made with the People of the Three Fires have not been honored, and the destruction and dispossession of land and life of Indigenous peoples continues until this day;

WHEREAS, The City of Chicago acknowledges that colonialism is an ongoing structure, we need to build our mindfulness of our present participation, to deconstruct the romanticisms of forced removal and prevent further genocide of remaining Indigenous peoples;

WHEREAS, The City of Chicago acknowledges it is currently home to over 75,000 American Indians known as "Urban Indians", who keep their tribal kinship and cultures spanning from over 150 tribal natio...