Land-Back University

A practical guide to land-back, accountability, and repair in higher educationAmid ubiquitous land acknowledgments at colleges and universities, most without structural change, this edited collection asks what genuine institutional accountability requires. Centering the land-back movement in higher education, The Land-Back University brings together contributors from public and private institutions to examine how non-Native-serving universities can begin addressing the enduring effects of Indigenous dispossession through material, political, and educational repair.Combining case studies, primary documents, and a report from national convenings, The Land-Back University offers a grounded view of land-back work in practice. Contributors share tribally, regionally, and institutionally specific examples—from land-return initiatives and policy reform to Native student support programs and relationship-building with Tribal nations. Together, these essays provide a practical framework for individuals, organizations, and institutions seeking to move beyond symbolic gestures toward sustained commitments to sovereignty, redress, and decolonial transformation.Contributors: Hōkūlani K. Aikau (Kānaka ʻŌiwi), U of Victoria; Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy (Lumbee) Northwestern U; J. Adrian Casterjón, Northeastern Illinois U; K. Malulani Castro (European settler/kānaka ʻōiwi/Puerto Rican/diaspora), U of Michigan; Kyle B. Cook (Mi'kmaw/mixed European settler), U of Victoria; Laurie Fuller, Northeastern Illinois U; Chad S. Hammill/čnaq'ymi's (Spokane tribal descendant), Northern Arizona U; Joseph Hibdon (Luiseño), Northeastern Illinois U; Amie Jatta, Northeastern Illinois U; Georgina Johnston, U of Michigan; Kawaipuna Kalipi (native Hawaiian), Sustʻāinable Molokai; Deserea Langley (enrolled member of the Susanville Indian Rancheria), California State U, Chico; K. Tsianina Lomawaima (Mvskoke/Creek Nation, not enrolled), Arizona State U; Ward Lyles, U of Kansas; Meredith McCoy (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa descent), Carleton College; Nazune Menka (Koyukon Athabaskan and Lumbee) U of California, Berkeley; Rachel McBride-Praetorius (enrolled citizen of the Yurok Tribe), Fresno State; Jon Parmenter, Cornell U; Melissa Peterson, U of Kansas; Tony Platt, U of California, Berkeley; Fawn E. Pochel (Saulteaux), Northeastern Illinois U; Danielle Purifoy, U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Shireen Roshanravan, Northeastern Illinois U; Les Riding-In (Pawnee Nation Citizen), U of Texas at Arlington; Sahar D. Sattarzadeh, U of Texas at Arlington; Stephen Silva-Brave (citizen of the Lakota ("Sioux") Nation); Sara Smith, U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rick St. Germaine Sr. (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe), U of Wisconsin–Eau Claire; Amanda R. Tachine (Navajo from Ganado, Arizona), U of Oregon; Sandy Vue, Northeastern Illinois U.Retail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and/or extended descriptions.