The University of Arizona Land Acknowledgment
Learn about the University of Arizona's Land Acknowledgment honoring 22 Indigenous tribes, including the O’odham and Yaqui, and its commitment to diversity.
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UArizona Land Acknowledgement Illustrates Commitment to Indigenous Students, Communities | University of Arizona News
The statement was assembled in consultation with leaders of the Tohono O'odham Nation and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and with Native American scholars at the university.
U of A is the only land-grant university in Arizona. Here's what that means
The University of Arizona is the state’s only land-grant university and has served in that role since it opened its doors to students in 1891.
The Buzz: The Legacy and impact of Land Grant Institutions
A look at how an 1862 act impacted Native lands and eventually led to UA's fossil fuel use despite climate pledges.
At least 10 states quietly own land within Indian reservations — and profit from them
Tribal climate action plans are being stymied by state-owned land within reservation borders.
How 14 public universities are profiting in the billions from extractive industries on stolen Indigenous land
Extractive industries filling public university coffers on stolen land. Here's how 14 land-grant colleges took 8.2 million acres from 123 Indigenous nations.
Gangsters are the villains in 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' but the biggest thief of Native American wealth was U.S. gov't
Director Martin Scorsese’s new movie, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” tells the true story of a string of murders on the Osage Nation’s land in Oklahoma in the 1920s. Based on David Grann’s meticulously researched 2017 book, the movie delves into racial and family dynamics that rocked Oklahoma to the…
Native Americans call for reparations from ‘land-grab’ universities
Numerous advocates have asked universities built on tribal lands to make amends.