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EXTENSION - FOSTERING HEALING
The theme for Part Two of the Extension is Fostering Healing. These are efforts aimed at addressing the historical and current effects of racism through resistance to restore dignity to those who have been impacted by slavery, colonialism, genocide, and racism. Over the next two days, we are focusing on efforts related to Tribal Sovereignty and systems of redress for egregious injustices as examples of issues where many are working to make meaningful and innovative strides towards rectifying.
Week Four Daily Challenges
FOSTERING HEALING
The Land Back movement has existed for generations with a long legacy of organizing and sacrifice to get Indigenous Lands back into Indigenous hands. Land Back is an Indigenous-led movement with a rich and complex meaning. In the words of Isaac Murdoch, “Land Back is people returning back and finding their place in those systems of life.” Above all, it is a rallying cry for dismantling white supremacy and the harms of capitalism.
Listen/Watch:
Why It’s Time to Give Native Americans Their Land Back (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fX3jh8tRxA)8:15 mins (transcript)(https://otter.ai/u/9aYCgvwD9f4IR6azuQuhZfWFwS4?utm_source=copy_url)
Listen Podcast:
Repairing the Past: Returning Native Land (https://omny.fm/shows/be-antiracist-with-ibram-x-kendi/repairing-the-past-returning-native-land)36 mins (transcript)(https://share.descript.com/view/6ba38VLkKGV)
Read More:
Land Back: A Necessary Act of Reparations (https://nonprofitquarterly.org/land-back-a-necessary-act-of-reparations/?mc_cid=5c3a3679ec&mc_eid=b68fd2a4a3)
What is the Land Back Movement? (https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-the-land-back-movement)
The United States has broken this fundamental promise over 300 times (https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/13/opinions/land-back-movement-us-broken-treaties-kamau-bell/index.html)
After Centuries of Stealing Land, The US Government is Actually Inviting Tribes to Help Manage It (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-administration-deb-haaland-interior-department-land-costewardship-tribes_n_63b86e01e4b0d6f0b9face1a)
Additional (optional) resources:
• Research the Indigenous communities (https://native-land.ca/)that stewarded the land you live on today. Spend time learning more about the history and culture, and share with a friend or loved one.
• Donate to a local Native land trust near you to honor the legacy of stewardship. For example: The Shuumi Land Tax (https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/shuumi-land-tax/)
• 21-Day Racial Equity Indigenous Challenge (https://www.americaandmoore.com/21-day-indigenous)
• Equity and Land Conservation with Shelana deSilva (https://ca4health.wixsite.com/podcast/episodes)24:23 min
• ‘It’s a public health issue’: inside the fight to change Native American mascots (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/06/native-american-mascot-sport-documentary-imagining-indian#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIt's%20a%20public%20health%20issue,Native%20teens'%20self%2Desteem)
Reparations can be described as "the delivery of programs, policies, and initiatives that seek to acknowledge, redress, and provide closure for serious injustices.” Discussions around reparations have evolved beyond cash assistance with an emphasis in looking at righting structural and systemic barriers.
Watch:
The History of Reparations (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98u7NNBWsMU)14:00 min
Reparation Generation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JLePaT8tlA&t=5s)4:00 min
Meet the Members of California’s Historic Reparations Task Force (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT_KXUR-zls)12:15 min
Read More:
Historical Timeline of Reparations Payments Made (https://reparations4slavery.com/historical-timeline-of-reparations-payments-made/)
The Thorny History of Reparations in the United States (https://www.history.com/news/reparations-slavery-native-americans-japanese-internment)
The National African American Reparations Commission’s Preliminary 10 Point Reparations Program (https://reparationscomm.org/reparations-plan/)
California's earliest Black settlers bought land only for it to be stolen. Their descendants want it back. (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna84970)
Additional (optional) resources:
• Reparations resource hub Othering & Belonging at UC Berkeley (https://belonging.berkeley.edu/california-reparations-task-force-collection-expert-testimonies?emci=a9682644-44b2-ed11-994d-00224832e1ba&emdi=d805ce63-15b9-ed11-a8e0-00224832e811&ceid=12413970)
• Reparations for descendants of slavery—County Health Rankings (https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/take-action-to-improve-health/what-works-for-health/strategies/reparations-for-descendants-of-enslaved-people)
• Task Force to Study & Develop Reparations produces final report (https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121/reports)along with policy recommendations executive summary.(https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/exec-summary-ca-reparations.pdf)
• Land reparations and Indigenous Solidarity toolkit (https://resourcegeneration.org/land-reparations-indigenous-solidarity-action-guide/)
• Reparations Now Toolkit—movement 4 black lives (https://m4bl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Reparations-Now-Toolkit-FINAL.pdf)includes case studies on reparations.
• Learn more about Reparation Generation (https://reparationgeneration.org/)
1. Focused on healing and power sharing, what lessons do land back and reparation movements provide that you can incorporate in your thinking?
2. How do reparations and land back movements impact you/people you know?
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