It is with reverence and gratefulness that we acknowledge and honor the land on which we gather, work, and live. The land on which Washtenaw County, the city of Ypsilanti, and Eastern Michigan University are situated has been historically, ancestrally, and presently occupied by the Anishinaabeg (including the Ojibwe [Chippewa], Odawa, and Potawatomi)and the Wyandot peoples. Furthermore, we recognize that this land—like a majority of the land of the United States—was obtained through inhumane and brutal ways from indigenous people and finalized in part by the 1807 Treaty of Detroit. Though this acknowledgement of the stolen land we benefit from does not change what happened in the past, the ongoing reflection on and recognition of the ramifications help us as we strive for a more inclusive, equitable future for all peoples.