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Kimberly R. Marion Suiseeya, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Environmental Policy and Culture Program
Northwestern University
Website: https://sites.northwestern.edu/suiseeya/
Office Hours: https://calendly.com/kimberly-marion/
The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations. It was also a site of trade, travel, gathering and healing for more than a dozen other Native tribes and is still home to over 100,000 tribal members in the state of Illinois. I also recognize Northwestern University’s historical relationship with the Cheyenne and Arapaho. These lands continue to carry the stories of these Nations, their forced removal, and their struggles for survival and recognition. As a scholar, I have a responsibility to acknowledge both the Peoples as well as the histories of dispossession that have allowed for the growth of this institution. By reflecting on these histories, I hope to actively address the role that my university has played in shaping them.