My EIU Story
I acknowledge and honor the Traditional Owners and Elders, past and present, of the lands on which Ӱԭoperates, people who cultivated the land and used the resources of this borderland region: the Peewaareews (Peoria), Kaahkaahkia (Kaskaskia), Peeyankihšiaki (Piankashaw), Waayaahtanwa (Wea), Myaamiaki (Miami), Mascoutin, Odawa (Ottawa), Sauk (Othâkîwa), Meshkwahkihaki (Mesquaki), Kiwikapawa (Kickapoo), Bodéwadmi (Potawatomi), Anishinaabe (Ojibwa), Mamaceqtaw (Menomonee), and HoocÄ…k-waaziija-haÄi (Winnebago) peoples. Telling the stories of those first peoples is an obligation the present owes to both the past and the future.