SGD Colloquium: 'From Gold Rush to Green Rush: Cannabis Cultivation and Tribal Lands'
This talk is part of the University of Arizona School of Geography and Development Colloquium.
Speaker: Dr. Kaitlin Reed, Assistant Professor, Humboldt State University
Abstract: Professor Reed's talk will examine the ecological and cultural impacts of marijuana cultivation on Yurok tribal lands, with a focus on tribal sovereignty and environmental justice. Her work connects the historical and ecological dots between the Gold Rush and the Green Rush, focusing on capitalistic resource extraction and violence against indigenous lands and bodies.
Biography: Kaitlin Reed (Yurok/Hupa/Oneida) is an enrolled member of the Yurok Tribe in northwestern California. She earned her Ph.D. in Native American Studies at the University of California, Davis and was awarded the Charles Eastman Fellowship of Native American Studies at Dartmouth College.