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