UMD Yahentamitsi Dining Hall Environmental Graphic Design

The Yahentamitsi Dining Hall recognizes and honors the Indigenous Peoples of the Piscataway-Conoy Tribe, upon whose land the University of Maryland sits. The word ‘Yahentamitsi’ means A Place to Go to Eat in the native Algonquian language. The design solution weaves throughout the entire facility, offering both tid-bits of knowledge and a comprehensive history, through authentic perspectives, voices and artwork.

The entrance of the Dining Hall displays a large map of local waterways – providing trade routes to the Piscataway people for over 13,000 years and locating the 16 tribes of the Piscataway Confederacy. Next, you are met with the legend of the shad fish – original artwork by a Piscataway artist.