Alleen Brown, Clayton Aldern, Maria Parazo Rose, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:02:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Alleen Brown, Clayton Aldern, Maria Parazo Rose, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 These states use stolen Indigenous land to fund prisons https://www.hcn.org/articles/these-states-use-stolen-indigenous-land-to-fund-prisons/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331453

State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.

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]]> 331453 Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy. https://www.hcn.org/articles/stolen-indigenous-land-is-the-foundation-of-the-land-grant-university-system-climate-change-is-its-legacy/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 18:40:04 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=322213 New Mexico State University, as seen in an aerial view, is a land-grant school founded in 1888.

Extractive industries are filling public university coffers on stolen land.

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