University of Illinois as a Land-Grant Institution: Native Higher Education Perspectives

Land-grant institutions have a responsibility to shape a more just and inclusive future. These institutions, which were built in part through the dispossession of Indigenous lands, carry a moral and ethical obligation to expand access and support for Native American students, and to do so in ways that honor sovereignty, self-determination, and cultural continuity. This noontime presentation will examine both historical and contemporary Native perspectives on higher education, with a focus on land-grant institutions broadly and the University of Illinois specifically.