Author: Kurt Jordan
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Our Goals and Methods
Our Goals and Methods: How the Cornell University & Indigenous Dispossession Committee Determined which Present-Day Nations and Communities have been Affected by Cornell’s Past and Present Land Manipulations by Kurt A. Jordan, Dusti C. Bridges, and Troy A. Richardson October 17, 2023 Introduction In June 2020, faculty and staff in Cornell University’s American Indian and…
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Press Release: Cornell University’s Land Grab Impacts 251 Tribes
Originally released October 7, 2023. For IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Prof. Kurt Jordan, Cornell University & Indigenous Dispossession (CU&ID) Committee Co-chair: kj21@cornell.edu Leslie Logan, CU&ID Committee Co-chair: ll88@cornell.edu Cornell University’s Land Grab Impacts 251 Tribes Diplomatic Outreach Efforts Inform Native Nations of Cornell’s Connection to Extensive Dispossession of Indigenous Lands and Resources (GAYOGO̱HÓ:NǪˀ HOMELANDS, ITHACA, New York, October…
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Migrations: A World on the Move Podcast – Dispossession
On this episode of the Migrations: A World on the Move podcast, we learn from Professor Kurt Jordan and Laiken Jordahl about dispossession: what it is and how it is affecting Indigenous people, wildlife, and ecosystems. Jordan works in the Finger Lakes region of New York, studying the effects of institutions like Cornell on the Indigenous populations…
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Cornell: A “Land-Grab University”?
By Professor Kurt Jordan Much like every institution in the United States, Cornell University would not exist as we know it without Indigenous lands. Cornell’s Ithaca campus is located in the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ’ (Cayuga Nation), who were dispossessed through negotiations with New York State and the U.S. government in which they had…