Authors: William Scarborough, Faith R. Kares, Iván Arenas, Amanda E. Lewisi

Publication Year: 2019

Last Updated: 2019-10-04

Journal: Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy

Keywords: Indian Relocation Act of 1956, Indian Removal Act of 1830, ancestral lands, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, Odawa, Menominee, Miami, andHo-Chunk.

Abstract:

The author's aim is twofold. First, they highlight the historical and ongoing contributions of Native Americans to Chicago. In pursuit of this goal, the authors draw upon the work of local scholars and organizations focused on Native American history, community organizing, and development throughout the city. The authors second aim in this report is to document the many ways that racial inequity affects Native Americans in Chicago today. Here, they draw on their strengths as a policy institute located within a public research university to analyze a range of data that helps us capture the current challenges facing Native American Chicagoans.

The authors recognize that their offices and homes are built in areas originally inhabited by Native Americans from multiple tribes, including the Potawatomi, Odawa, Sauk, Ojibwe, Illinois, Kickapoo (Kiikaapoi), Miami (Myaamia), Mascouten, Wea, Delaware, Winnebago, Menominee, and Mesquakie. Throughout this report, the authors seek to honor this history by making visible the contemporary challenges facing Chicago’s Native American population.

Source: Link to Original Article.

Source: https://stateofracialjusticechicago.com/a-tale-of-three-cities/