Classroom Reminders

Land Acknowledgement

The E of I planning and instruction team acknowledges that the University of Illinois Chicago resides on the traditional Territories of the Three Fire Peoples - the Ojibwe, Odawa and Bodewadmi, purchased after two-and-a-half years of open warfare, decades of violent encroachment, and the defeat of a pan-Indian movement to keep settlers out of the Great Lakes region at the Treaty of Chicago in 1821, receiving their final payment before moving westward in 1835. The area was also a site of trade, gathering, and healing for more than a dozen other Native tribes.

The state of Illinois is currently home to more than 75,000 tribal members and the Chicagoland area is currently home to one of the largest and most diverse urban Native communities in the U.S. Illinois is also the territory of Ho-Chunk, Miami, Inoka, Menominee, Sac, Fox, and their descendants.

By making a land acknowledgment, we recognize that Indigenous peoples are the traditional stewards of the land that we now occupy, living here long before Chicago was a city and still thriving here today. As we work, live and play on these territories we must ask what we can do to right the historic wrongs of colonization and state violence, and support Indigenous communities' struggles for self-determination and sovereignty.

Content Warning

Lectures may contain material that might be difficult to discuss. Please step away if you need to take care of yourself during the presentations.

Live Language Interpretation

Everyone needs to join a channel at the start of class, even if you are bilingual. Please select EN or ESP channel, not just “no” channel.

English Instructions for accessing the language channels

To choose the English channel, click on the globe icon if you are on a computer

and select your preferred language. Or, if you are using a phone or tablet:

1. Click on the three dots where it says “more.”

2. Select language interpretation in the menu. Use your finger to see all the menu items)

3. Choose the English channel.

4. Click on “done” to access the channel.

You can mute the original audio if it is helpful and you only want to hear the interpretation. But to hear music, it is better not to use this feature.

Español Instrucciones para acceder los canales de idiomas

Para escoger el canal de español, hagan clic en el ícono del globo terráqueo si están en una computadora. O si están en un teléfono o tableta:

1. Hagan clic en los tres puntos de sus teléfonos donde dice “más”.

2. Seleccionen interpretación de idiomas en el menú (usen su dedo para ver el menú).

3. Seleccionen el canal de español.

4. Hagan clic en “finalizado” para acceder al canal.

Pueden silenciar el audio original si les ayuda. Para escuchar música es mejor NO silenciar el audio original.

Zoom Controls

If you have any technical issues during class, please send a message to Katie O'Connell on Zoom.

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