The Native Land Research Initiative is an interdisciplinary research group spanning multiple institutions. It is based at the Yale School of the Environment and includes collaborators from the University of Michigan and Colorado State University. Please find information on our project collaborators below.
Project Staff
Justin Farrell
Professor of Sociology, Yale University
Paul Burow
Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
My work examines the cultural dynamics of environmental change in North America. I study how Indigenous and rural communities are impacted by changing ecosystems tied to land-use practices, climate change, and settler colonialism.
Kathryn McConnell
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University
I am an environmental sociologist researching climate-related mobility, housing access, and environmental politics.
Jude Bayham
Assistant Professor of Agriculture and Resource Economics, Colorado State University
I am an economist with research interests at the intersection of public policy, human health, and the natural environment. My research focuses on wildfire management in the wildland urban interface, the impact of human behavior on infectious disease management, and impacts of air quality on human health.
Kyle Whyte
Professor of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
I am Potawatomi and an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. My research addresses environmental justice, focusing on moral and political issues concerning climate policy and Indigenous peoples, the ethics of cooperative relationships between Indigenous peoples and science organizations, and problems of Indigenous justice in public and academic discussions of food sovereignty, environmental justice, and the anthropocene.
Gal Koss
Ph.D. Student, University of California, Davis
Institutional Partners
Native Land Information System
The Native Land Information System (NLIS) was developed by the Native Lands Advocacy Project (NLAP); a project of Village Earth, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Fort Collins, Colorado, with funding from the Indian Land Tenure Foundation. The NLIS serves as repository of learning resources, information, and data to help defend and protect native lands for the benefit of native peoples.