The Board of the Charnley-Persky House Museum acknowledges that the Charnley-Persky House sits on a threshold between ceded and unceded land that is the traditional homeland of the Potawatomi (Bodéwadmi / Neshnabek). To this day the Potawatomi still claim those natural assets. The Chicago area was a traditional place for trade, gathering, and healing for the Potawatomi and more than a dozen other Native nations including the Illinois Confederacy (the Peoria and Kaskaskia Nations), Ojibwe, Odawa, Myaamia, Wea, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Thakiwaki, Meskwaki, Kiikaapoi, and Mascouten people. One of the largest urban Native American communities in the U.S. (or Turtle Island), currently resides in Chicago. The Charnley-Persky House Museum acknowledges the contributions of Indigenous communities and commits to an ongoing collaboration to share a complex and inclusive history.