The Fertile Earth and the Ordered Cosmos: Reflections on the Newark Earthworks and World Heritage

 Our book is available to order from

The Ohio State University Press, Barnes and Noble and Amazon  

as of June 2023!

$24.95 in Paperback or PDF EBook.
25 Color Illustrations, 152 pages.

Rising in quiet grandeur from the earth in an astoundingly engineered arrangement that ancient peoples mapped to the movements of the moon, Ohio’s Newark Earthworks form the largest geometric earthen complex ever known. In the two thousand years of their existence, they have served as gathering place, ceremonial site, fairground, army encampment, golf course, and park. And, at long last, they are poised (along with neighboring sites) to be named a UNESCO World Heritage Site—a designation that recognizes their international importance as a direct link to the ancient past as well as their continuing cultural and archaeological significance.

The lush photos and wide-ranging essays of The Fertile Earth and the Ordered Cosmos honor this significance, not only to the global community but to local individuals and scholars who have developed intimate connections to the Earthworks. In sharing their experiences with this ancient site, public historians, archaeologists, physicists, architects, and others—including local and Indigenous voices—continue the work of nearly two hundred years of citizen efforts to protect and make accessible the Newark Earthworks after centuries of stewardship by Indigenous people. The resulting volume serves as a rich primer on the site for those unfamiliar with its history and a beautifully produced tribute for those who are already acquainted with its wonders.

All proceeds from the sale of this book go to support the Ohio History Connection and the Newark Earthworks Center in their efforts to manage and interpret the site for the world.

-The Ohio State University Press.

We are so excited to share the results 

of our collaboration!

Newark Earthworks, Great Circle.

“This volume reveals the beauty and precision of Indigenous science demonstrated through the Newark Earthworks and the urgent efforts to care for this sacred place in our time. The diversity of voices and insights makes clear that the Earthworks are still gifting us with knowledge written on the land.” —Sonya Atalay (Anishinaabe-Ojibwe), author of Community-Based Archaeology: Research with, by, and for Indigenous and Local Communities.

“The Fertile Earth and the Ordered Cosmos allows you to explore the awe, beauty, and genius of the Newark Earthworks and why they are just as significant as Stonehenge, the Colosseum, the Pyramids, or other world wonders. These essays reflect the work that is ongoing to center Indigenous voices in interpreting these places. Whether the Newark Earthworks are in your backyard or a globe away, these essays will illuminate their extraordinary human story, made of earth, one basket at a time.” —Megan Wood, executive director and CEO, Ohio History Connection.

“The dazzling site known as the Newark Earthworks has mystified, inspired, and captivated humans for millennia. Even today, it precisely charts the heavens and offers a place to consider the biggest questions in the universe. The Fertile Earth and the Ordered Cosmos is the first book to both explore its origins and to show how people in our own time continue to find meaning in its elegant construction.” —Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche), author and curator at the National Museum of the American Indian.

We have been privileged to feature the following

 scholars in our book:

• "Foreword: Making the Earthworks Public"
• Richard D. Shiels

Part I. What Are the Newark Earthworks? 

• "A Shawnee Perspective"
• Glenna J. Wallace
• "The Mystery in Our Midst"
• Aaron Keirns
• "Hard to Describe but Awesome to Experience"
• Brad Lepper
• "A Traveling Architect’s View"
• John E. Hancock
• "Earthworks Terminology"
• Richard D. Shiels
• "The Greatness of the Great Circle"
• Timothy R. W. Jordan

Part II. Uniting Earth and Sky

• "Exciting Times"
• John N. Low
• "Licking County’s Ancient Treasures"
• Bill Weaver
• "Nature and the Newark Earthworks"
• Jim Williams
• "How We Found the Lunar Alignments at the Octagon"
• Ray Hively and Robert Horn
• "Just How Does the Octagon Align with the Moon?"
• Richard D. Shiels
• "The Rhythm of the Moon Written on the Land"
• Mike Mickelson
• "The Rest of the Story"
• Brad Lepper

Part III. What Is World Heritage? 

• "Rising to the Occasion"
• Stacey Halfmoon
• "The Newark Earthworks Have Integrity"
• Brad Lepper
• "Designating the Octagon and Great Circle as World Heritage Sites"
• Jennifer Aultman
• "The Newark Earthworks Have Outstanding Universal Value"
• Brad Lepper
• "It Is Time to Prepare for Earthworks Tourism"
• M. Elizabeth Weiser
• "What Can America Learn from the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks?"
• Richard D. Shiels

Part IV. Experiencing and Remembering Earthworks

• "Places of Spirituality, Accomplishment, and Power"
• Marti L. Chaatsmith
• "The First Modern Lunar Standstill"
• Mike Mickelson
• "Complicated History Is Built into Our Landscape"
• M. Elizabeth Weiser
• "Generations of Learners Honor the Earthworks"
• Mary F. Borgia
• "The Other Newark Earthworks"
• Timothy R. W. Jordan
• "The Life-Changing Potential of Our Earthworks"
• Richard D. Shiels
• "Thin Places"
• Jim Williams
• "Thinking about Earthworks in New Ways"
• Timothy R. W. Jordan

Part V. The Ohio Phenomenon

• "World Heritage for the Hopewell Culture Earthworks"
• Richard D. Shiels
• "The Fort Ancient Earthworks: Similar but Different"
• Brad Lepper
• "Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: The Hopewell Core"
• Bret J. Ruby
• "How the Great Hopewell Road Connected Newark with Chillicothe"
• Brad Lepper
• "My Hopewell Pilgrimage between Chillicothe and Newark"
• Norita Yoder

Part VI. Ancient Communities Coming Together

• "Indigenous Values Infuse the World Heritage Movement"
• Christine Ballengee Morris
• "Licking County’s 14,000-Year History"
• Timothy R. W. Jordan
• "Building Earthworks, Building Community"
• Jim Williams
• "A Prehistoric Legacy for the Present"
• Ray Hively and Robert Horn
• "A 2,000-Year-Old Intellectual Center"
• Lucy E. Murphy

Part VII. Modern Communities Coming Together

• "Growing Up in the Mahoning Valley"
• Jay Toth
• "Seeing the Moon Again for the First Time"
• Jeff Gill
• "Want a Better Community? Be Awestruck"
• M. Elizabeth Weiser
• "Drawn Together at Earthworks"
• Timothy R. W. Jordan
• "Universal Value and Significance"
• Hope Taft
• "A World Heritage Fledgling"
• Jennifer Aultman

Octagon State Memorial Open House | April 16th and April 17th, 2023.

The Octagon State Memorial, Newark Earthworks Map.
Image courtesy of the Ancient Ohio Trail.

The Octagon State Memorial is one of the most spectacular surviving remnants of the Newark Earthworks. The Octagon is connected to a perfectly circular enclosure 1,054 feet in diameter. The architecture of the Octagon Earthworks encodes a sophisticated understanding of geometry and astronomy. It is a National Historical Landmark and is on track to become a World Heritage site! Portions of the Octagon Earthworks is open to the public during daylight hours 365 days a year, but much of the site is used as a private golf course for most of the year, so access is restricted. Four times each year, however, golfing is suspended and the entire site is made available to the general public.

The site will be open daylight to dusk, with staff on site to answer questions from Noon–4 p.m. There is no registration or reservations needed for tours.

The Newark Earthworks served social, ceremonial and astronomical functions for their builders, people of the Hopewell Culture. The site is a National Historic Landmark and Ohio’s official prehistoric monument.

Activities will be held at the Great Circle and Octagon. See below for times.

Information Tables • Noon–4 p.m.

Whether you’re waiting for or resting from your Octagon Earthworks guided tour, there is still a lot to learn about. Visit one of the information tables hosted by the Ohio History Connection and others.

Guided Octagon Earthworks Tour • 12:30, 2:00 & 3:00 p.m.

On Sunday, Newark Earthworks Center Director Dr. John Low will be giving a tour at 2:30 p.m. at the Octagon State Memorial, and at the Great Circle at 4 p.m.

Join Ohio History Connection archaeologists and World Heritage staff Brad Lepper or Jennifer Aultman as they walk with guests through the circle and octagon earthen walls that make up the impressive Octagon Earthworks. Stops along the way will point out specific features including Observatory Mound and the many openings in the earthworks that are key to the 18.6-year lunar alignment encoded into the landscape.

Participating sites

• Great Circle – 455 Hebron Rd., Heath, OH
• Octagon Earthworks–125 N. 33rd St., Newark, OH
• Wright Earthworks – North of Grant St. on James, parallel to State Route 79 in Newark

For more information, visit the Ohio History Connection.

Octagon State Memorial

125 N. 33rd Street

Newark, OH 43055

Dr. Low (left in bright green) giving a tour
to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Elder's Council, 2014.
Image courtesy of Timothy E. Black.

On Sunday at the Octagon State Memorial at 2:30 p.m. Director of the Newark Earthworks Center Dr. John Low will be giving a guided tour. He will be giving another tour on Sunday at the Great Circle at 4 p.m.

Take your tour with you through:

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For more information, visit: the Ohio History Connection.

April 14, 2023: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe | Barbara A. Hanawalt Public Lecture

7 - 8:30 p.m.

Free and Open to the Public.

Faculty Club Grand Lounge

181 Oval Dr. S.

Columbus, OH 43210

The 2023 Annual Barbara A. Hanawalt Public Lecture will feature Caroline Dodds Pennock, Senior Lecturer in International History at the University of Sheffield.  

History has long told the tale of Christopher Columbus’s ‘discovery’ of the Americas in 1492, but what is often forgotten is that Indigenous Americans ‘discovered’ Europe at almost the same moment. Tens of thousands of Native people crossed the Atlantic from as early as 1493, but their experiences are largely absent from popular understandings of the past.

For tens of thousands of Aztecs, Maya, Totonacs, Inuit and others, Europe comprised savage shores, a land of riches and marvels, yet perplexing for its brutal disparities of wealth and quality of life, and its baffling beliefs. The story of these Indigenous Americans abroad is a story of abduction, loss, cultural appropriation, and, as they saw it, of apocalypse—a story that has largely been absent from our collective imagination of the times.

From the Brazilian ‘king’ who met Henry VIII, to the Aztecs who mocked up human sacrifice at the court of Charles V; from the Inuk baby who was put on show in a London pub to the many enslaved people laboring in Spanish homes and workplaces: here are people who were rendered exotic, demeaned and marginalized, but whose worldviews and cultures had a profound impact on European civilization. Join Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock to hear the remarkable stories of some of the earliest Indigenous voyagers and learn how their experiences can transform popular perceptions of the past.

Dr. Caroline Dodds Pennock is the author of On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe (2023). She is probably best known as the only British Aztec historian. Her first book, Bonds of Blood: Gender, Lifecycle and Sacrifice in Aztec Culture (2008, PB: 2011) won the Royal Historical Society’s Gladstone Prize for 2008.

As well as pestering people on twitter @carolinepennock, Caroline also works as a popular history writer, consultant, and 'talking head' expert for TV and radio, having appeared on programs for broadcasters including the BBC, Channel 4, Sky, the Smithsonian Channel and Netflix.

This event is free and open to the public. Co-hosted by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, The Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the American Indian Studies Program and the Humanities Institute.

Parking: The nearest public parking available is at the Ohio Union North and and Ohio Union South Garages (North is available to visitors after 4 p.m.). For more information, follow the links to CampusParc. 

The Humanities Institute and its related centers host a wide range of events, from intense discussions of works in progress to cutting-edge presentations from world-known scholars, artists, and activists, and everything in between. In our current moment of riding the unpredictable currents of the pandemic, we reaffirm the value of in-person engagement. We strive to amplify the energy in the room. But we also recognize the need to be careful and the fact that not all our guests will be able to visit our space. We, therefore, will continue to offer Zoom access to all our events upon request. If you wish to have such access, please send your request to cmrs@osu.edu or moriarty.8@osu.edu.

For more information: https://go.osu.edu/cmrs_cp_fl

Reminder | Robin Wall Kimmerer (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) at The Ohio State Newark Campus March 27, 2023 at 5 p.m.

5 p.m.

Free and open to the public.

John and Mary Alford Performing Arts Hall
1209 University Drive, Newark, Ohio

Registration Required.

Free copies of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants are still available at the library front desk on the Newark campus of The Ohio State University and Central Ohio Technical College.  Our address is 1219 University Dr. and our hours are available here; please pick up your copy by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 27. 

https://go.osu.edu/braiding_sweetgrass

Book signing to follow at 6:45 p.m.

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. Kimmerer will discuss her experiences as an Indigenous scientist and writer and explore how we can deepen our understanding of the natural world through Indigenous ways of knowing. She will share stories and insights that challenge us to rethink our relationship with the Earth and all its inhabitants, and inspire us to cultivate a more respectful, reciprocal, and sustainable relationship with the world around us.

Additional Book Access:

Electronic copies of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants are available: https://library.ohio-state.edu/record=b10174856~S7

Additional print copies can be requested through OhioLINK, Licking County Library, and Columbus Metropolitan Library.

Sponsored by the Newark Earthworks Center; Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Office of Multicultural Affairs; John L. and Christine Warner Library; Newark Campus Bookstore; Central Ohio Technical College and The Ohio State University at Newark. 

If you need accommodations for this event, please contact Stephanie Rowland at Rowland.245@osu.edu by March 13th. The university will make every effort to meet requests after this date.

For more information, 

Visit:

• Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Braiding Sweetgrass, Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
• Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults, Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
• Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

• Center for Native Peoples and the Environment

Ohio History Connection Job Opportunity | Newark Earthworks Interpretive Intern (Seasonal)

 The Ohio History Connection's mission is to

Spark Discovery of Ohio's stories.

Embrace the present, share the past, and transform the future.

Schedule: Wednesday-Saturday, occasional Sundays

Pay Rate: $15.00/hr

Summary:

Interns at Newark Earthworks engage in a variety of work-based learning activities and projects at a precontact American Indian site nominated for World Heritage status. Interns will assist with the creation and facilitation of formal and informal interpretive programs that enhance visitor experience and knowledge of Hopewell Culture.

Essential Functions:

• Presenting formal interpretive programs - talks, walks, and guided tours
• Performing informal interpretation - roving and meeting visitors within the site not as a part of a program
• Greeting visitors at the front desk of the museum
• Providing information and orientation to the site
• Answering questions about the Newark Earthworks and related earthwork sites
• Setting up the site(s) for special programming and events.
• Providing staff support for special events and programming such as open houses.
• Performing bookstore transactions - handling money, operating cash register, and recording sales using Point of Sales system
• Working weekend and occasional evening shifts.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Education & Experience

• Must be over 16 and a) have graduated from high school or been awarded a certificate equivalent to graduating from high school or b) completed a formal vocational training, or c) be currently enrolled in a secondary school and either work during school vacation periods or work part-time during the school year under a formal student employment program
• An educational course in one of the following areas: American history, archaeology, art history, museum studies, education, geography, geology, natural resources, interpretation, or other relevant topics related to archeological and historical sites and museums.

Desired Skills & Experience

• 6+ months of combined experience working with the general public (ex. retail, reception, front desk work, food service, etc.)
• Experience interacting with school-aged children.

Required Competencies:

• Self-motivation - not having to wait on instruction to do necessary tasks or projects.
• Ability to work as part of a team - you will be coordinating your day with other members of the visitor services team and may be working on projects and programs with one or more coworkers. As a member of the Ohio History Connection, you will be a part of a large group of people coming together to achieve organizational goals.
• Communication - ability to communicate with coworkers, managers, and customers in a respectful and timely manner, this includes listening and responding and keeping others informed.
• Coachability - being receptive to feedback, willing to learn, and embracing improvement

Work Environment:

• Much of the site is located outdoors with little to no shade
• Excessive heat possible
• Excessive humidity possible
• Grounds can be uneven.
• The museum is a small, enclosed space that at times be dimly lit.

Physical Demands:

• Front desk duties may require one to remain stationary for long periods of time.
• Tour duty may require one to walk the equivalent of half a mile, modifications to tours can be made to accommodate mobility restraints.

EOE Statement:
Ohio History Connection will recruit, hire and maintain a diverse workforce allowing for the inclusion of every employee's unique value, contribution and potential. OHC is committed not only to the principle of equal employment opportunity but also to the letter and spirit of the law. OHC, as an equal opportunity employer, does not discriminate in its employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy and/or related conditions, national origin, ethnicity, age, veteran status, genetic information, medical condition, physical or mental disability, or on any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. OHC ensures that equal employment opportunity applies to all areas of employment including hiring, promotion, demotion, transfer, recruitment, selection, discipline, termination, compensation, benefits and training.

ADA Compliance:
Ohio History Connection is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, OHC will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the Human Resources Department at 614-297-2390 or by email at applicant@ohiohistory.org.

Ohio History Connection is an equal opportunity employer.

All prospective employees are required to undergo a fingerprint background check processed by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation & Identification (BCI) in accordance with the Volunteer Children's Act. Additionally, prospective employees will also submit to a drug test. Both will occur after the offer of employment is accepted. The results of the background check and drug test are not immediate disqualifiers to employment and are reviewed in accordance with Ohio History Connection policies and procedures. Inquiries must be directed to the Human Resources Director at 614-297-2390 or via email at applicant@ohiohistory.org.

Apply at Ohio History Connection here.

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• The Ancient Ohio Trail | Newark Earthworks
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March 27, 2023: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants with Robin Wall Kimmerer

5 p.m.

Free and open to the public.

John and Mary Alford Performing Arts Hall
1209 University Drive, Newark, Ohio

Registration Required.

Free copies of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants are still available at the library front desk on the Newark campus of The Ohio State University and Central Ohio Technical College.  Our address is 1219 University Dr. and our hours are available here; please pick up your copy by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 27. 

https://go.osu.edu/braiding_sweetgrass

Book signing to follow.

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. Kimmerer will discuss her experiences as an Indigenous scientist and writer and explore how we can deepen our understanding of the natural world through Indigenous ways of knowing. She will share stories and insights that challenge us to rethink our relationship with the Earth and all its inhabitants, and inspire us to cultivate a more respectful, reciprocal, and sustainable relationship with the world around us.

Additional Book Access:

Electronic copies of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants are available: https://library.ohio-state.edu/record=b10174856~S7

Additional print copies can be requested through OhioLINK, Licking County Library, and Columbus Metropolitan Library.

Sponsored by the Newark Earthworks Center; Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Office of Multicultural Affairs; John L. and Christine Warner Library; Newark Campus Bookstore; Central Ohio Technical College and The Ohio State University at Newark. 

If you need accommodations for this event, please contact Stephanie Rowland at Rowland.245@osu.edu by March 13th. The university will make every effort to meet requests after this date.

Monumental Mobility: The Memory Work of Massasoit Webinar with Dr. Jean O'Brien

February 23, 2023

7 PM EST (6 PM CT)

Free and open to the public.

The Newark Earthworks Center is hosting Dr. Jean M. O’Brien (White Earth Ojibwe Nation), University of Minnesota, who will present on "Monumental Mobility: The Memory Work of Massasoit." on Zoom at 7 PM EST.

This talk takes up the work of Indigenous intellectuals to reconfigure narratives of national origins in connection with the symbolism surrounding the Massasoit monument installed on Cole’s Hill in Plymouth in 1921 to mark the 300th anniversary of the landing of the English. Such Indigenous engagements suggest the rich potential of Indigenous public historians to intervene in sanitized national narratives of origins. Can the statue prompt viewers to reckon with of the structural violence of settler colonialism in commemorative landscapes, or does it further entrench celebratory narratives of national origins?

7:00 – 8:00 PM EST
Carmen Zoom, Registration Required

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact Dr. John Low at 740-755-7857 or low.89@osu.edu . At least two weeks' advance notice will help us to provide seamless access.

There will be 5 minutes for a Question and Answer session at the end of the webinar. Please submit your questions in the chat.

Jean M. O’Brien (Citizen of the White Earth Ojibwe Nation) is Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Northrop Professor at the University of Minnesota. She is a co-founder past president of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. In addition to numerous articles and book chapters, O’Brien has published six books on Indigenous history. Most recently, she published a co-edited volume(with Daniel Heath Justice), Allotment Stories: Narrating Indigenous Land Relations under Settler Siege, (University of Minnesota Press). She is an elected member of the Society of American Historians and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Speaker series as part of Indigenous Ohio: OSU and Native Arts and Humanities Past and Present grant. Funded by the Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme.

Kind thanks to Jared Gardner Department of English and Director of Popular Culture Studies for assisting in set up and hosting this web presentation.

For more information,

Visit:

• "Monumental Mobility: The Memory Work of Massasoit"
• Lisa Blee and Jean M. O'Brien, North Carolina Press 2019.
• Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)
• "Allotment Stories Indigenous Land Relations under Settler Siege"
• Jean M. O'Brien, University of Minnesota Press 2021.
• Native Plymouth Tours Facebook
• Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
• Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
• The Traumatic True History and Name List of the Dakota 38
• Indian Country Today, December 26, 2020
• Ma-ka'tal-na'-zin (One Who Stands on the Earth), Building Minnesota series on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Hock E Aye VI (Edgar Heap of Birds), EHeapofBirds.com
• Land Grab Universities
• High Country News
• Studio1to1.net | Margaret Pearce (Citizen Band Potawatomi)
• Andrea Carlson (Ojibwe)
• Bockley Gallery Biography
• "Native in the Arts Spotlight: Visual Artist Andrea Carlson (Ojibwe) Talks About Her Chicago "You Are on Potawatomi Land" Mural"
• Monica Whitepigeon, Native News Online, July 15, 2021.
• The Red Man's Rebuke (Indigenous Perspective)
• Simon Pokagon (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi), World's Columbian Exposition 1893.
• Pokégnek Bodéwadmik | Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Education Page

Confronting the Wealth Transfer from Tribal Nations That Established Land-Grant Universities

Spring 2022

Stephen Gavazzi and John Low [Pokagon Band of Potawatomi], within the Academe of the American Association of University Professors, have written an exploratory article about confronting the wealth transfer from tribal nations that established land-grant universities and steps towards accountability and atonement.

"The project conceptualized the unjust actions historically taken against these tribal nations as having contributed to a wide range of economic, educational, and health disparities experienced by Native American peoples past and present. Beyond this framing of the influence of past inequities, we have also sought to be sensitive to how colonialism continues to sever Indigenous peoples from traditional territories and practices. Hence, the main task at hand was to facilitate the beginning of a restorative dialogue between Native peoples and SOSU project team members..."

-Stephen M. Gavazzi and John L. Low [Pokagon Band of Potawatomi], American Association of University Professors Academe.

To read the full article, read it on the American Association of University Professors.

For more information,

Visit:

• Stepping Out and Stepping Up Racial Justice Project
• Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
• Research | Newark Earthworks Center
• Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
• First Nations Development Institute
• CHRR at The Ohio State University
• Dr. Casey Hoy and Dr. Brian Snyder, formerly of InFACT
• High Country News | Land-Grab Universities
• Land-Grab Universities Report
• GitHub Repository for the HCN investigation, "Land-Grab Universities" including the "Morrill Act of 1862 Indigenous Land Parcels Database."
• Note: Control+F or Command+F on a Mac will bring up a search box which you can use to search for specific text within the data.
• National Congress of American Indians | Policy Research Center
• Making the Case for Data Disaggregation to Advance a Culture of Health
• Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative | U.S. Department of the Interior
• Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report. (PDF) U.S. Bureau of Interior. May 2022.
• Press Release May 11, 2022.
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
• Land-Grab Universities: Owning the Truth and Sharing the Path to Make Amends Webinar YouTube Video | Stephen M. Gavazzi. 
  • Keynote address by Trstan Ahtone and Robert Lee. Sponsored in conjunction with the Humanities Collaboratory. October 6, 2021.
• What is a land-grant university? | The Lantern Who Knew? Episode 2.
• Senator Morrill Act of 1862
• "Wokini: A Morrill Obligation to Create a New Beginning" President Dunn, South Dakota State University, Lecture at the Annual Association of Public and Land-grant Universities meeting 2019.
• Utilizing Indigenous Methodologies in Modern Research with Dr. Corey Still [United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee] "Exemplifying the Teachings of Our Elders: Utilizing Indigenous Methodologies in Modern Research". Webinar on QualLab @ The Ohio State University YouTube. December 8, 2022.
• "Developing Stamina for Decolonizing Higher Education: A Workbook for Non-Indigenous People." ResearchGate. Sharon Stein, Cash Ahenakew, Elwood Jimmy, Vanessa De Oliveira Andreotti, Will Valley, Sarah Amsler, Bill Calhoun. Higher Education Otherwise. January 2021.
• "Intervention: Indigenous Studies Reflections on The Land-Grab Universities Project"Native American and Indigenous Studies Journal. Vol 8, No 1, Spring 2021. | Project Muse