The results of a momentous 2-year research project into the implications of Indigenous Land appropriation and redistribution through the Morrill Act of 1862, documented in a series of articles in High Country News that began March 30, 2020.
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Land-grab Universities: Expropriated Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Article by Robert Lee and Tristan Ahtone
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How we investigated the land-grant university system: A methodology of our two-year inquiry into the origin of wealth that undergirds the nation’s system of higher education. Article by Robert Lee
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Further reading on HCN’s land-grants university investigation: Dive deep into our bibliography. Sources by Robert Lee
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Lost and found: The story of land-grant universities: Mythology is powerful, but so is journalism. Editorial by Tristan Ahtone
- Database for the High Country investigation at GitHub
A lot to digest here…
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