WEBINAR ABSTRACT: Utilizing national datasets on food security, temperature, precipitation, and food productivity indices, Cornell University’s Charles Research Group aims to quantitatively contribute to the story of Indigenous displacement and Land Grant Institutions through a lens on Indigenous food systems. The team has developed a tool that enables users to explore and map out the effects of dispossession on food system-related metrics, comparing metrics associated with the 11-million acres distributed to 52 institutions and today’s federally-recognized Tribal lands. In this presentation, Dr. Charles talks about how this data-driven approach can empower Indigenous communities to advocate for themselves as sovereign nations and encourage Land Grant Institutions to develop plans to understand what truth and reconciliation might look like on their own campuses.
About the presenter:
Dr. Michael Charles (he/him/his) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, an Affiliate Faculty of the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, and a Faculty Fellow of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability. At Cornell University, the Charles Research Group is particularly interested in the vital role that landscapes can play in addressing complex sustainability challenges and how ecosystem services promote well-being to the human population. As a Diné (Navajo) scholar, he’s dedicated to forming mutually respectful partnerships with Indigenous communities
Live webinar aired on August 15th 2024.
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