This event will feature tribal leaders, scholars, and expert practitioners working to advance the sovereignty of Native Nations through tribal land reclamation and stewardship projects. Throughout the course of the day, attendees will hear about LandBack stories that demonstrate the legal, economic, political, and technical skills needed to engage in successful land reclamation projects. But to deepen our collective understanding of what this means beyond the oversimplified narrative of “buying back land,” speakers and panelists will also address the notion of our collective relationships with lands and waters as members of Native Nations who have learned from these lands and waters while serving as the primary stewards long before European arrival. 

Event Schedule:

8:30am - Breakfast

9:00am - Welcome

9:15am - Panel - Beyond Land Acknowledgments: An Overview of #Landback in the U.S.

10:00am - Keynote - LandBack Leadership: An Overview - Cris Stainbrook, Oglala Lakota, Indian Land Capital Company

11:00am - Panel - LandBack: Tribal Representatives

11:50am - Presentation - Reclaiming Sugarloaf Mound

12:15pm - Lunch

1:00pm - Keynote - Indigenous STEAM: Learning with Lands and Waters, Megan Bang (Ojibwe and Italian descent), James E Johnson   Professor of Learning Sciences, Northwestern University 

2:00pm - Panel - Land Stewardship

3:00pm - Keynote - LandBack Leadership: Legal and Fiscal Considerations, Cris Stainbrook, Oglala Lakota, Indian Land Capital Company

4:00pm - Panel - Next Steps: Tribal Representatives

4:45pm - Closing Remarks

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