Spring 2025 Introduction In 1862, the Morrill Act was passed, paving the way for the establishment of America’s land-grant universities. We will explore the background of what the Morrill Act is and how it continued the narrative of settler colonialism in the United States during the 19th century. We will …
By Sydney TirschwellSpring 2025 Work Cited “A map of California tribal areas and languages at the time of European contact” by Concerto, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Browne, J.R., “Protecting the Settlers,” 1864. Public Domain. Wikipedia Commons. Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon). First Peoples: A Documentary Survey of …
Spring 2025 What do you think of when you think of a wasteland? How would you treat land that has been deemed a wasteland? What if those living in said “wasteland” do not view these lands as such—in fact quite the opposite? And what can happen when these contrasting worldviews …
By Will Clausman Spring 2025 James J. Hill, often known as the “Empire Builder” was a railroad industrialist and owner of The Great Northern Railroad. The railroad stretched from the Twin Cities to the port cities of Seattle and Portland. Hill envisioned a single railroad that would connect port cities …
By Stella Thompson Spring 2025 Introduction Hawaii was originally settled around 300 CE by people from nearby Pacific Islands, including Marquesas and Tahiti (Encyclopædia Britannica 2025). After contact with the West in the late 18th century, the archipelago was consolidated from various chief-led tribes into a united kingdom ruled by …
By Yiping Zou Spring 2025 Imagine being told that you cannot pray. Not quietly, not openly, not in a way passed down by your ancestors for hundreds of years. Imagine being told that your most sacred ceremonies are illegal. That something your community turns to for healing, for guidance, for …
Fall 2021 “It requires no seer to fortell or forsee the civilization of the Indian race as a result naturally deducible from a knowledge and practice upon their part of the art of agriculture.” Department of the Interior, Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs – 1885, John D.C. …
Spring 2025 Being Native or non-Native, federally recognized vs. unrecognized, are all distinctions that can either ensure or exempt access to certain rights affirmed by the United States government. Native nations have rights that are afforded to them through treaties. This can look like hunting and fishing rights, land, and …
Spring 2025 “Hawaii’s Water,” picture of Kauai’s coastline, June 2023, self-captured At the age of ten, I lay in bed as a salty breeze drifted through the open windows. The crashing waves blurred into white noise, rhythmically hitting the rocks just twenty feet below. Ten-year-old me did not know she …
