This is the land of the Council of Three Fires, the Potawatomi, Ojibwe and Odawa.

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This land also served as important meeting place for Miami, Ho-Chunk, the Menominee, Inoka, Sac, Fox, Peoria, Arapaho and Cheyenne and other Tribal nations.

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Outside the front door of the church, the original shoreline of Lake Michigan once stood.

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The land Lake Street Church of Evanston currently inhabits was used by many indigenous people as a gathering, trading, and ritual space.

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Nearby, on Ridge Avenue, there existed a trail that led all the way up to Green Bay, WI.

 

This land was seized by white settlers as part of the wave of settler colonialism and genocide that constituted the eventual United States.

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We, as Lake Street Church of Evanston, acknowledge our ongoing participation in those legacies and commit ourselves to deeper understanding and action.