St. John's Lutheran Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge and honor the Indigenous Peoples who have been stewards of this land for hundreds of years.
St. John’s occupies the ancestral land of the Seneca Nation whose territory stretched from Niagara Falls to Washington County and from Cleveland to Harrisburg. The Seneca were part of the Five Nation Iroquois Confederacy, which included the Senecas, Cayugas, Onondagas, Oneidas, and Mohawks. Later, two additional nations were accepted into the Seneca’s jurisdiction after being displaced by British settlers: the Lenape, or Delaware, settled in the Lawrenceville area in Shannopin’s Town and the Shawnee settled along the Allegheny River near Kittanning.
We recognize especially the leadership of Clan Mother Aliquippa, who was the leader of the Seneca living along the three rivers in the 1740s. By 1753, Aliquippa and her people were living at the junction of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers near present-day McKeesport.
We honor all the Indigenous Peoples of this place and lift up their unique and enduring relationships with this land. We pay our respects to their Elders and reverence their past, present, and future.
Written by Rev. Dr. Kimberly Greway with guidance from Miguel Sague of the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center
We acknowledge and honor the Indigenous Peoples who have been stewards of this land for hundreds of years.
St. John’s occupies the ancestral land of the Seneca Nation whose territory stretched from Niagara Falls to Washington County and from Cleveland to Harrisburg. The Seneca were part of the Five Nation Iroquois Confederacy, which included the Senecas, Cayugas, Onondagas, Oneidas, and Mohawks. Later, two additional nations were accepted into the Seneca’s jurisdiction after being displaced by British settlers: the Lenape, or Delaware, settled in the Lawrenceville area in Shannopin’s Town and the Shawnee settled along the Allegheny River near Kittanning.
We recognize especially the leadership of Clan Mother Aliquippa, who was the leader of the Seneca living along the three rivers in the 1740s. By 1753, Aliquippa and her people were living at the junction of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers near present-day McKeesport.
We honor all the Indigenous Peoples of this place and lift up their unique and enduring relationships with this land. We pay our respects to their Elders and reverence their past, present, and future.
Written by Rev. Dr. Kimberly Greway with guidance from Miguel Sague of the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center
