Land & Maker Acknowledgments
Land Acknowledgment
The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology acknowledges and honors the Indigenous communities native to this region and recognizes that Indiana University Bloomington is built on the Indigenous homelands of the myaamiaki (Miami), saawanwa (Shawnee), Bodwéwadmik (Potawatomi), and Lenape (Delaware) people. We respect Indigenous people and their many descendants who traversed or resided in this place and who fashioned and used objects that repose in this Museum. The Museum is committed to participating and collaborating with Indigenous partners on the co-creation of knowledge, scholarship, and education.
Maker Acknowledgment
The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to the people who made and used the objects we care for in our collections.
Most of the people who made objects in our collections are anonymous, but nonetheless their skill and artistry combine to make each object a manifestation of the culture that produced or used it. We are indebted as well to the hundreds of community members, makers, local experts, collectors, and scholars who have preserved, recovered, or recreated cultural meaning of objects in their writings or in other modes of sharing.
We know that we can never know everything there is to know about an object or photograph, and welcome insights from visitors into the meaning of the museum’s holdings.
