Colonialism, Imperialism and Indigenous Resistance: How Mother Earth Became a Piece of Real Estate Week 3

Goals

1. To understand that theft of indigenous land and the destruction of native nations are foundations of the U.S. white supremacy system and of the United States as a nation.
2. To understand that land is the material, political and spiritual basis for a people to see themselves as a people.
3. To develop an experientially-based analysis of the relationship between land as real estate and the legacy of 300 years of affirmative action for white people.
4. To remember the ways in which a relationship to the land is still fundamental to our lives today, and to our present relationship to the U.S. white supremacy system.

• Introduction and Nourishing the Spirit go around
• Framing Today's Agenda
• Hold on to Your Visions
• A Time Line: Land Theft and Affirmative Action
• Insights/Debrief

  Break

  Small Groups:

• "What was this exercise like for you?"
• Evaluation: Constructive Criticism is an Act of Love