American Indian History

Ohio State University is currently the only school in the state that prohibits most land acknowledgments, citing Senate Bill 1. Miami University in Oxford doesn’t see the law the same way.

A land acknowledgement is a verbal or written statement that recognizes that land was taken from Indigenous people. Ohio State's policy says they are considered statements "on behalf of an issue or cause" and they cannot be given by a university department or at university-sponsored events.

Ohio’s American Indian culture is ancient and rich, but disconnected from the present. We look at efforts to revive the connection here and in Oklahoma.…