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How academic careers are built on Indigenous intellectual property

The anthropologist published our creation story in her book without asking permission and now she is getting tenure while we are fighting to keep our children from reading lies about themselves.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Someone watches their cultural knowledge become another person's professional achievement while their community suffers ongoing harm.

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“Where Are You with Indigenous rights and land justice?”

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