There are three people whose work was so important to the foundations of this poster that they could potentially fit into any of the subcategories of this syllabus. The first is Ipai Kumeyaay and Payómkawichum filmmaker  Fox Maxy, whose films depicting Native urban and rural land use, offer the most accurate depiction of emotional and political life in the 21st century. Unangax̂ scholar Eve Tuck, with her colleague K Wayne Yang, wrote the definition of decolonization that we used, around which we oriented again and again. Tuck’s subsequent work analyzing the structure of settler-colonialism and deconstructing the nature of research conducted by settlers on Native communities also demands attention from anyone hoping to engage in decolonization. Finally, Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s Land as Pedagogy was a welcome paradigm shift for us around our understanding of academia, colonial knowledge systems, land, and belonging. Our take-away question from that text is: What is the mutual sacrifice and relationality needed to sabotage colonial systems of thought and power for liberatory systems? Answering that gets one closer to the "how" of this work.

Our poster and syllabus were made with deep gratitude to all the Native scholars, activists and artists we reference, as well as profound thanks to three student workers at SVA Library West, Gem Davison, Clara Levin and Briana Rengifo, constant companions in the struggle.