This statement was crafted in collaboration with the Indigenous Peoples Student Association (IPSA) and the Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance (IFSA).
The Pennsylvania State University campuses are located on the original homelands of the Erie, Haudenosaunee (Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora), Lenape (Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe, Stockbridge-Munsee), Shawnee (Absentee, Eastern, and Oklahoma), Susquehannock, and Wahzhazhe (Osage) Nations. As a land grant institution, we acknowledge and honor the traditional caretakers of these lands and strive to understand and model their responsible stewardship. We also acknowledge the longer history of these lands and our place in that history.
NATIVE NATIONS NAMES PRONUNCIATION
• Erie (Like the city Erie, PA) ee·ree
• Haudenosaunee ho-dee-no-SHOW-nee
o Seneca seh·nuh·kuh
o Cayuga kay-YOO-gə
o Onondaga aa·nuhn·daa·guh
o Oneida ow·nai·duh
o Mohawk mow·haak
o Tuscarora tuh·skuh·raw·ruh
• Lenape leh·nuh·pee
o Delaware (Like the state) deh·luh·wehr
o Stockbridge-Munsee stäkˌbrij Mun·see
• Shawnee shaa·nee
o Absentee ab·suhn·tee
o Eastern ee·strn
o Oklahoma ow·kluh·how·muh
• Susquehannock suh·skwuh·ha·naak
• Wahzhazhe wah-zaw-zhee
o Osage ow·sayj
