#   Acknowledgement of Land and People 

 



Harvard University is located on the traditional and ancestral land of the Massachusett, the original inhabitants of what is  
now known as Boston and [Cambridge](https://www.cambridgema.gov/historic/cambridgehistory). We pay respect to the people of the Massachusett Tribe, past and present,  
and honor the land itself which remains sacred to the [Massachusett People](http://massachusetttribe.org/).  
-*Credit to the* [*Harvard University Native American Program*](https://hunap.harvard.edu/) *for this language*

Read about the [History of Harvard Indian College](https://peabody.harvard.edu/traces-indian-college-harvard-yard)

Read a [relevant piece](/news/road-explore-my-native-american-ancestry) by our own Kathleen Cloutier, Student Programs Administrator