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STEPPING OUT & STEPPING UP: THE LAND-GRANT TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION PROJECT

Stepping Out of Our Comfort Zone & Stepping Up to Our Responsibilities

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Second Tribal College Journal Article Published

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"Let Us Tell the Story of Our Land and Place”: Tribal Leaders on the Seizure and Sale of Territories Benefiting Land-Grant Universities

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Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, Volume 33, No. 4 – Summer 2022

In the present article, we turn our attention toward SOSU activities centering on the viewpoints of the leaders of those tribal nations whose land was seized and sold to help found The Ohio State University. What we report on here are the results of the first 12 interviews conducted with the leaders of current tribal nations. Our hope in writing this article is that it will launch a process across all Land-Grant universities whereby we can honor the spirit of a statement made by one of the tribal leaders: "Let us tell the story of our land and place.'

Read the full article on the Tribal College Journal website