October 16, 2020

University of Northern Iowa makes new promises to Meskwaki Nation

Author: Vanessa Miller

In support of its diversity goals, land history and Native American neighbors to the south, the University of Northern Iowa is partnering with the Meskwaki Nation to create new scholarships, revive a summer program for Meskwaki youth and craft a “land stewardship statement.”
The statement will acknowledge the UNI campus sits on traditional Meskwaki homeland; it will recognize past and present tribal connections to the property; and it will “outline a set of principles for environmental and missi