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DESCRIPTION:Feinberg Series Panel with Tristan Ahtone and K. Wayne Yang\n\n
 Tristan Ahtone of Grist magazine and K. Wayne Yang (a.k.a. la paperson) of 
 the University of California San Diego will engage in an expansive dialogue
  on the historical and present-day relationships of U.S. universities to In
 digenous peoples\, reflecting on how universities can be accountable to the
  land and to Indigenous peoples. Ahtone will build on his work in Land-Grab
  Universities and Misplaced Trust to discuss the connections between univer
 sities\, Indigenous land\, and climate change\, with land-grant universitie
 s profiting from fossil fuels\, mining\, and other industries on lands stol
 en from Indigenous nations. Author of A Third University Is Possible and co
 -author of “Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor\,” Yang will explore how unive
 rsities can recognize and respect Native sovereignty\, including through fr
 ee enrollment for Native students\, rematriation of land\, and Indigenous c
 ommunity-driven action research. The conversation\, including opportunities
  for audience engagement\, will be facilitated by Abigail Chabitnoy\, award
 -winning poet and faculty at the Institute of American Indian Arts and the 
 UMass English Department. \n\n \n\nView full details and register on the Fe
 inberg Series website: Feinberg Series Event Page\n\nQuestions? Contact: fe
 inberg@history.umass.edu\n\n \n\nBIOS\n\n \n\nTristan Ahtone is a member of
  the Kiowa Tribe and is editor at large at Grist. He previously served as e
 ditor in chief at the Texas Observer and Indigenous Affairs editor at High 
 Country News. He has reported for Al Jazeera America\, PBS NewsHour\, India
 n Country Today\, and NPR\, and many other news outlets. Ahtone’s stories h
 ave won multiple honors\, including a George Polk Award\, a National Magazi
 ne Award nomination\, and investigative awards from the Gannett Foundation 
 and IRE: Investigative Reporters and Editors. A past president of the Nativ
 e American Journalists Association\, Ahtone is a 2017 Nieman Fellow.\n\n \n
 \nK. Wayne Yang writes about decolonization and everyday epic organizing\, 
 often with his collaborator Eve Tuck\, and sometimes for an avatar called l
 a paperson. Drs. Tuck and Yang wrote “Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor\,” a
 nd they edit the book series Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Educati
 on. Writings by la paperson include the book A Third University Is Possible
 . Currently\, he and Eve Tuck are convening the Land Relationships Super Co
 llective with several Indigenous\, Black\, and people of color-led communit
 y organizations engaged in land-based projects. Yang is also provost of Mui
 r College and a professor in ethnic studies at UC San Diego\, where he co-f
 ounded the Indigenous Futures Institute and Black Like Water.\n\n \n\nAbiga
 il Chabitnoy is a Koniag descendant and member of the Tangirnaq Native Vill
 age in Kodiak. She is the author of In the Current Where Drowning Is Beauti
 ful (Wesleyan\, 2022) and How to Dress a Fish (Wesleyan\, 2019)\, shortlist
 ed for the 2020 International Griffin Prize for Poetry and winner of the 20
 20 Colorado Book Award\, along with the linocut illustrated chapbook Conver
 ging Lines of Light (Flower Press\, 2021). She was a 2021 Peter Taylor Fell
 ow at Kenyon Writers Workshop and the recipient of the 2020 Witter Bynner N
 ative Poet Residency at Elsewhere Studios in Paonia\, CO. Her poems have ap
 peared in Hayden’s Ferry Review\, Boston Review\, Tin House\, Gulf Coast\, 
 LitHub\, and Red Ink\, among others. She currently teaches at the Institute
  of American Indian Arts and is an assistant professor at UMass Amherst.\n\
 n \n\nTHE 2024-25 FEINBERG SERIES\n\nWhat Are Universities For? Struggles f
 or the Soul of Higher Education\n\nThe 2024-25 Feinberg Family Distinguishe
 d Lecture Series explores the historical roots of present-day political\, e
 conomic\, and ethical crises in higher education. It is presented by the UM
 ass Amherst Department of History in partnership with numerous co-sponsors.
  The Feinberg Family Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible thanks t
 o the generosity of UMass Amherst history department alumnus Kenneth R. Fei
 nberg ’67 and associates. www.umass.edu/feinberg\n\n \n\nVisit the Feinberg
  Series website for a list of this event's co-sponsors. \n\nRead the Histor
 y Department Statement on the (Co-)Sponsorship of Events.
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SUMMARY: From Land Grab to Native Sovereignty: Indigenous Futures at Land-G
 rant Universities
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