The third in a three-part series, this episode concludes our look at the historical background behind the Lansing Community College Land Acknowledgement statement. Part three explores how the lands formerly held by the Potawatomi and other Anishinaabeg came into the possession of Euro-Americans, with a focus on tribal sovereignty, land cession treaties and the forced removal of indigenous peoples from their ancestral homelands.

Keywords: Anishinaabeg, Three-Fires People, Ojibway, Odawa, Potawatomi, Indigenous America, Indigenous Michigan, Land Cessions, Treaties, Ethnic Cleansing, Genocide, Trail of Tears, Mid-Michigan, Michigan, Lansing History, Michigan History, Prehistoric, Land Use, Land Appropriation, Land Acknowledgement, Lansing Community College, Ingham County, Michigan