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Syracuse University will collaborate with Indigenous students to install a permanent monument on campus in recognition of the Onondaga Nation, the university announced Tuesday.

Indigenous Students at Syracuse, the Native Student Program, the Ongwehonwe Alumni Association and Haudenosaunee and Indigenous alumni representatives will help coordinate the placement of the monument, according to an SU News release. SU has tentatively planned to place the monument on the Quad in 2021.

The initiative to install a monument to the Onondaga Nation at SU has been student-run from the start, said Keith Alford, chief diversity and inclusion officer, in the release. Indigenous students have recommended that Onondaga artist Brandon Lazore create the piece.

“We are proud to work toward a lasting, tangible statement of Indigenous survivance and resilience on Onondaga land,” ISAS president Nathan Abrams said. “We look forward to Syracuse University’s continued efforts toward honoring their relationship and responsibility to our Indigenous community.”

Representatives from SU and the Onondaga Nation will create a committee to choose the final placement and design of the monument.