The Land
UW–Madison occupies ancestral Ho-Chunk land, a place their nation has called Teejop (day-JOPE) since time immemorial. In an 1832 treaty, the Ho-Chunk were forced to cede this territory.
Decades of ethnic cleansing followed when both the federal and state government repeatedly, but unsuccessfully, sought to forcibly remove the Ho-Chunk from Wisconsin.
This history of colonization informs our shared future of collaboration and innovation. Today, UW–Madison respects the inherent sovereignty of the Ho-Chunk Nation, along with the eleven other First Nations of Wisconsin.
— UW-Madison Land Acknowledgement Statement
Facilities
The Hasler Laboratory of Limnology is a working research station on the shores of Lake Mendota on UW-Madison campus. Serving as a base of operations for the southern lakes research projects and the river ecology programs.
