Whose Land is this Anyways?


👉🏽An introduction to the history of Indigenous land dispossession across Turtle Island.
The goal of the course is to gain conciousness, begin the process of fostering a balanced relationship with the land, and to create a personal plan to respond to your responsabilities as a treaty person. 



The curriculum is an overview and can be adjusted to learning goals.

1:Shital (hello) + co-creation of rules + intro to project

We will share our intentions, get to know eachother, and co-create the rules of the space.

🌱Project:
Participants start researching their ancestral tree.


2. Turtle Island People’s

In this session we will learn about the Ohlone, Nahua & Haudenosaunee people’s before contact.

🌱Project: Participants research the lands that their ancestors are from. 


2. Manifest Destiny & broken Treaties

During this session we will learn about the the doctrine of manifest destiny and an overview of how settler colonialism began on different regions of Turtle Island. 

🌱Project: Participants begin to research about the land(s) they occupy.

3:Ancestral Knowledge & Milpa Technology

An introduction to Ancestral knowledge through a sharing about milpa (3 sisters) Technology. 

🌱Project:  Participants will research about the treaties and/or land disputes in their area and responsibilities attached to them.


4:A lesson on humility: 50,000+ years & 1776

In this session we will learn about Indigenous land stewardship the significance of Wampum belts.

🌱Project:
Participants will share about their family history and the land where they’re Indigenous. Participants continue researching about the treaties and/or land disputes in their area and responsibilities attached to them.


5:Post-Columbus Apocalypse: Turtle Island Today

In this session we will reframe our idea of the apocalypse, learn about current land disputes, & the Land back movement. 

🌱Project:
Participants will share their preliminary findings. As a group, we will collaborate to create a map of our findings.


6: Final Session

After everything that you learned, in what ways will you respond to your responsabilities as a treaty person?

🌱Project:Participants share the draft of their personal plan with the group. 

TAKE ME BACK