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1/ One year ago, @highcountrynews published #LandGrabU - a two-year investigation that revealed how expropriated Indigenous land was turned into seed money for Land Grant Universities. hcne.ws/3bF1GZ9
2/ Here's how it worked: Passed in 1862, the #MorrillAct gave nearly 11 million acres of #publiclands to states to sell off to endow fledgling land-grant colleges. Those lands, of course, were not uninhabited.
3/ That land, acquired through broken treaties, illegal seizures and outright genocide, was transferred through the #MorrillAct from nearly 250 #Indigenous tribal nations to 52 institutions, including @UCLA, @Cornell and @MIT.
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.@UNC likely would not have survived after the Civil War, and @NCSU may never have existed at all, had the Univ. not profited from the sale of 270,000 acres of expropriated Indigenous land.
This thread builds on the groundbreaking work of Native scholars, esp. “Land-Grab University.” In solidarity with #ScholarStrike we uplift their work, as a reminder that U.S. universities must reckon with their past and present role in the settler state. landgrabu.org
Original thread from @Tahtone with more on the "Land-Grab Universities" investigations.
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1/7 - Our investigation, "Land-Grab Universities," reveals how Indigenous land was turned into seed money for U.S. colleges: 10.7 million acres taken from nearly 250 tribes through over 160 violence-backed land cessions for the benefit of 52 universities. hcn.org/issues/52.4/in…
2/7 - This investigation has created an unprecedented database essential for understanding the source of many institutions’ wealth. Recognizing its importance, we have made all of our research — from spatial files to tabular data — available for download. github.com/HCNData/landgr…
3/7 - We have also made that information accessible through interactive maps & tables. This site allows users to identify every tribe, every acre and every dollar endowed to universities with incredible accuracy. It's a remarkable and powerful tool. landgrabu.org
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