Our family is trying to decide what to do with land my grandmother left us, and some of us want to develop it for income while others feel we should keep it undeveloped and accessible to our tribal community, but we're avoiding the deeper conversation about what it means to be Indigenous landowners in a capitalist system.
More people experience this than they realize.
Sacred responsibilities to land and community are clashing with economic pressures and individual needs within family inheritance decisions.
“Where Are You with Indigenous approaches to wealth and sharing?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.