Indigenous Laws, Environmental Racism, and LandBack

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This class is an introductory course about the laws that affect Indigenous Peoples (federal, state, tribal, traditional, and international). It will center around historic and current cases involving the extension of jurisdiction into Indigenous lands, property, and ways of life, and further discuss the normalization of environmental racism and environmental injustice against Indigenous Peoples. The class will be in regular communication with Indigenous Peoples around the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand about Indigenous Movements to protect sacred lands, obtain #LandBack, and assert cultural, individual, and civil rights. DIAP