University Relationships with Tribal Nations: Opportunities for University Action

Abstract

This project was completed as part of a partnership between the University of Minnesota’s Office of American Indian Tribal Nations Relations and the Resilient Communities Project (https://rcp.umn.edu/). The goal of this project was to research potential avenues for the University of Minnesota to improve University-Tribal relations, backed by experiential knowledge and effective practices of the University's peer institutions. Office of American Indian Tribal Nations Relations project lead An Garagioloa collaborated with a team of students in Dr. Greg Lindsey's course PA 8081: Master of Urban and Regional Planning Capstone to conduct qualitative research interviews with representatives from 10 universities in the United States about how they are evaluating and addressing harms done to Tribal populations. A final student report from the project is available.