Land and Sovereignty Acknowledgement

Eastwind Healing Center is located in Iowa City, Iowa, on the traditional homelands of several Indigenous nations, including the Ojibwe/Anishinaabe (Chippewa), Báxoǰe (Iowa), Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), Omāēqnomenēwak (Menominee), Myaamiaki (Miami), Nutachi (Missouri), Umoⁿhoⁿ (Omaha), Wahzhazhe (Osage), Jiwere (Otoe), Odawaa (Ottawa), Póⁿka (Ponca), Bodéwadmi/Neshnabé (Potawatomi), Meskwaki/Nemahahaki/Sakiwaki (Sac and Fox), Dakota/Lakota/Nakoda, Sahnish/Nuxbaaga/Nuweta (Three Affiliated Tribes), and Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Nations.

The Umoⁿhoⁿ (Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and Iowa), Póⁿka (Ponca Tribe of Nebraska), Meskwaki (Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Iowa), and Ho-Chunk (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska) Nations continue to occupy tribal lands in Iowa.

As compassionate practitioners of healing arts, we acknowledge the suffering experienced by the ancestral members of these tribes, who were displaced and who lost their lives due to a series of tragic events, including treaties that removed Indigenous peoples from their ancestral lands. We recognize the inequities that living tribal members face daily. We are committed to allyship with those with any connection to their tribal heritage. We also pledge to deepen our understanding of the needs of our patients, clients, and those we encounter outside of our work at Eastwind Healing Center.