Land Back
Virtual Workshop
December 11 & 12, 2024
Wednesday, December 11
(All times Eastern)
11 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Reclaiming Indigenous Lands And Jurisdiction: A Land Back Overview
Hayden King
Executive Director of the Yellowhead Institute, Advisor to the Dean of Arts on Indigenous Education and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University (Anishinaabe from Beausoleil First Nation)
Heather Whiteman Runs Him
Associate Clinical Professor; Director, Tribal Justice Clinic, University of Arizona (Apsaalooke/Crow)
12 - 1 p.m. - Break
1 - 2:30 p.m. - Reporting in Indigenous Communities
Graham Lee Brewer
Race and Ethnicity Reporter, Associated Press (Cherokee)
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. - Break
3:30 - 5 p.m. - Land Back and Federal Indian Law: How Current Policy Impacts Efforts to Restore Indigenous Sovereignty
Kevin Washburn
Dean, College of Law, University of Iowa; former Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior (Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Matthew Fletcher
Professor of Law and Co-director, Program in Race, Law, and History, University of Michigan; Chief Justice, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Poarch Band of Creek Indians and Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians)
5 p.m. - Workshop adjourns for the day
Thursday, December 12
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Land Back in Oklahoma: Checking in on the Aftermath of a Landmark Supreme Court Ruling
Geri Wisner
Attorney General, Muskogee (Creek) Nation (Muscogee (Creek) Nation)
Trenton Stand
Executive Director of Resource Management, Quapaw Nation (Quapaw)
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. - Break
1:30 - 3 p.m. - Land Back and Food: How Some Tribes Are Reconnecting to Ancient Foodways
Frank Bibeau
Tribal Attorney, White Earth Band of Ojibwe; Executive Director, 1855 Treaty Authority (Minnesota Chippewa Tribe)
Jill Falcon Ramaker
Assistant professor of community nutrition and sustainable food systems at Montana State University. Director of the Buffalo Nations Food Systems Initiative. (Turtle Mountain Band of Anishinaabe)
Barry McCovey
Senior fisheries biologist, Yurok Tribe (Yurok)
3 - 4 p.m. - Break
4 - 5:30 p.m. - Land Back and Fire: How A Rekindled Relationship is Helping Tribes Restore Their Lands
Ron Reed
Cultural Biologist, Karuk Tribe (Karuk)
Kari Norgaard
Non-Native Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies, University of Oregon
Jesse Jackson
Education programs officer, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians (Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians)
5:30 - Workshop adjourns