We acknowledge the Mvskoke (Muscogee (Creek)) people and their ancestors, who have called this land home for thousands of years. We honor Indigeneity realities by recognizing that they are not historic peoples, but vibrant entities that exist today with a presence in Oklahoma, displaying strength and resilience in the face of their systemic oppression. Their history is living in the surrounding landscape and is still visible today if we know where to look. Our city, campus, and community reside on the sovereign land of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, a confederation of many Tribal Towns, who inhabited, worked, nurtured, and produced knowledge on this land during the early years of contact with settlers-colonizers. The Muscogee (Creek) suffered extensively from the arrival of Europeans, first and throughout all early interactions was the European greed for more land. Georgia College is allowed to occupy this land due to the Treaty of New York (1790), which ceded Creek lands up to the east bank of the Oconee River, and the Treaty of Fort Wilkinson (1802), which ceded land from the Oconee River westward to Commissioner's Creek, seizing control of the remaining area that would eventually become Baldwin County, Georgia. We recognize the officially sanctioned, sustained, and intentional oppression, land dispossession, and forced removals of the Muscogee and Cherokee peoples from Georgia and the Southeast by the state and federal governments of the United States. We also recognize the Enslaved people (primarily Indigenous and of African descent) who suffered from forced labor on the land and within structures that now encompass the Georgia College campus. We ask for you to consider our institutions’ relationships to past and current mistreatment or apathy in regards to Native American lives and culture, and for awareness that this land is still key to the cultural identity of the Muscogee people. We seek to honor the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and other Indigenous caretakers of this land by humbly seeking knowledge of their histories and committing ourselves to respectful stewardship of this land.