Know your places.

Locate yourself in our shared story.

Louisiana Purchase | 1803

Look.

Whether your story began on the family farm, Main Street, or a childhood home, look behind street addresses and rural routes to learn how the United States acquired the land that you live on.

  • For one location in the United States, receive a digital delivery that includes:

    • A copy of the treaty ceding the land to the United States or, if there was no cession, the authority for the acquisition

    • A historical map locating the acquisition within your state

    • A narrative summary of the cession, how the United States acquired the location, and the historic tribe or tribes that ceded the land

    This work will acquaint you with the land history of a location that is important to you.

  • You will receive your personalized land-history research package within 4 weeks of your order.

  • Tailor your land-history experience with additional locations and more historical materials

Minnesota State Seal | 1858

See.

Dig below the surface of your land’s story to place yourself within its historical narrative. Learn your land’s biography and how the past lives in and shapes the present.

  • For one location in the United States, receive a digital delivery that includes:

    • A copy of the treaty ceding the land to the United States or, if there was no cession, the authority for the acquisition

    • A historical map locating the acquisition within your state

    • A narrative summary of the cession, how the United States acquired the location, the historic tribe or tribes that ceded the land, and their modern successor(s)

    • A curated resource list for continued study

    • One 45-60 minute one-on-one meeting to answer your questions about the land history and explore your relationship to this history

    After our meeting, you will have a working understanding of the history of the land you stand on and will be able to place yourself within the evolving meaning of that history.

  • You will receive your personalized land-history research package within 6 weeks of your order, and can expect to schedule the one-on-one meeting in the 2 weeks following delivery.

  • Tailor your land-history experience with additional locations, more historical materials, and larger-group learning

Hennepin Co., MN | 1837 Treaty with Sioux (Dakota)

Grow.

Look past the landscape of today to become an active steward of tomorrow’s land history. Build meaning around your personal land history and tailor your ongoing relationship to place.

  • For one location in the United States, receive a digital delivery that includes:

    • A copy of the treaty ceding the land to the United States or, if there was no cession, the authority for the acquisition

    • A historical map locating the acquisition within your state

    • A selection of historical documents discussing the acquisition

    • A copy of the location’s patent transferring the land from U.S. ownership to the first private owner

    • A narrative summary of the cession, how the United States acquired the location, the historic tribe or tribes that ceded the land and their modern successor(s), how the United States first transferred the land to private ownership, and identification of the person who first privately owned the land

    • A curated resource list for continued study

    • Personalized exercises to explore your relationship to the land history and begin building a reparative-action plan tailored to you and the location

    • One 45-60 minute one-on-one call to answer your questions about the land history and explore your relationship to this history

    • One 45-60 minute one-on-one call to examine existing reparative practices and your areas of reparative interest

    • One 45-60 minute one-on-one call to tailor your reparative plan and outline concrete reparative steps

    At the end of our 3-month work, you will have a working understanding of the history of the land you stand on, and an actionable self-directed reparative plan that brings your values to the history you’ve learned.

  • Limited availability. You will receive your personalized land-history research package within 4 weeks of your order, and can expect to schedule your first informational meeting in the 2 weeks following delivery. We will meet again 4 and 8 weeks after our first meeting, and you should expect to complete individualized exercises between our meetings. You will receive a personalized reparatory action plan within 2 weeks after our last meeting.

  • Tailor your land-history experience with additional locations, more historical materials, and larger-group learning

Learning to see beyond white linear understanding of history to layers of history cracked open my mind. Exploring this layered understanding of history at one familiar location landed powerfully.
— Jen Mohr, Westwood Lutheran Church