LandBack: The Indigenous Liberation Movement

LandBack isn’t about deporting white people. It’s a path to a better future.

Introduction - 0:00
What is LandBack - 0:53
How to LandBack - 10:51
Outro - 16:40

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[Andrewism]

So uh...this video was scheduled and now there's a whole MAGA coup happening in the US. What better time to emphasize indigenous liberation I suppose?😅 After all, fascism and settler colonialism are deeply linked.

[mystupidneon]

I never post comments, Andrew, but I'm a professor at Villanova University teaching courses on Native American religious traditions, philosophy, and ethics. Your videos are so well done and incredibly helpful. Thank you for creating such an accessible resource for students and others trying to better understand and address the challenges of settler colonialism. You have such a gift! The world is better with you and your content present.

[hedgehog]

Greenland is a pretty clear example of it actually happening, it seems set to become independent within the decade.

[geoffdparsons]

can you put citations for your images too? rly thankful you listed your information sources but you have such amazing images and i would love to know who the artists are

[nickowlless]

Thanks for making this content, great work. Also thank you for taking the time to write your own captions. As someone with an auditory processing disorder, it helps a lot.

[nothingslost]

Gonna share this so it doesn't flop, this is a great intro to the Land Back movement and is greatly appreciated

[arigadatred]

It's good to hear stuff like this. It can be pretty hard to know how to support indigenous peoples, even if it seems obvious in hindsight and all, so this was helpful.

[JamesAlexanderMartin]

I love your focus on Praxis, it really makes me feel more hopeful.

[AlexWaller-uv]

as an indigenous person watching this video, HOLY you explained everything so thank you so much for so accurately sharing our stories and giving the land back movement a platform, seeing you advocate and educate motivates me to continue doing the same❤

[barrydheil]

Wet'suwet'en and what's going on in northern ontarian nations are things I think Mr. Performer Justin Trudeau would like to go quietly into the night, but thankfully, with groups like Canadaland, and exposée after exposée of the travesties people have done to native reserves, I expect it to take full force. When People in a country like mine still use terms like "n***nab" to describe anishinaabe people, you know we are far from done fighting colonial ideas.

[keaganfarr]

Glad you brought up Philadelphia's Camp Maroon (later known more as Camp JTD) and Camp Teddy. While the efforts did secure - allegedly - a few dozen spaces for a community land trust, many of the people at the camps felt that some camp "leaders" caved too soon and acted on behalf of the camps without being mandated to do so. While the small victory will undoubtedly improve some people's lives in the city, I think it is important to keep in mind that it wasn't a clear "victory" and that many residents and volunteers felt that certain "organizers" cheated the projects out of a better victory just to put another feather in their "organizer" caps (similar to George Bush's infamous "Mission Accomplished" incident, where he asserted a victory to score political points but didn't actually succeed as well much as they made it appear).

[perhapsabbey]

Found your channel through F.D Signifier, your take on things is so refreshing than other videos in this space that leave me feeling a little doomed. Not to mention I havent seen any videos on indigenous struggles like this before. Keep up the good work!

[mysticonthehill]

That is so true decolonization begins in the mind and all settlers have an obligation to as not to perpetuate the systems of oppress, dispossession and genocide of our ancestors. But not only is it solidarity it is healing for our community which is traumatized without knowing it. We were indigenous whether English, Han or Iraqi once and reclaiming the mindset, relationships and philosophy/spirituality can only do us good.

[snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

comment for the algorithm:
i dont have much to say other than i shared this with people who i think will appreciate it. i hope this movement gets a lot more attention so that people can see that indigenous people haven't disappeared or stopped being targeted

[ime]

No one is indigenous in america, everyone moved from africa, its just question of when

[RedPlateaus]

Awesome video - really love the focus on praxis, consciousness, and direct action!

[TIENxSHINHAN]

What I've been able to gather is that landback is really just a word for the general idea of indigenous sovereignty, but the reason it's so difficult to define and why I've had so much trouble over the past few months finding an actual meaning is because there is no real meaning. It's not something that's been heavily written about and it's not something that has concrete theory to go along with it. Many people disagree on its meaning and one person's definition of the word may contradict another person's because different indigenous groups have a different approach to indigenous sovereignty. The definition can vary tribe to tribe, country t country, etc.

A lot of people (non-indigenous specifically) use "landback" as a slogan and don't really understand what landback actually entails, so it causes a lot of confusion and frustration. It's basically become a virtue signal for a lot of non indigenous people and they're sloganeering about a concept they only vaguely understand.

[ivanclark]

I’m glad you shouted out Camp JTD and Camp Teddy in Philadelphia. A lot of people worked really hard to defend and maintain them last year. I think they can be an important model of direct action in the future.

[Marcussanders-swwn]

I am a American Indian and I was wondering if you can do more videos on Native American or American Indian culture.

[zackaryjargowsky]

This video made me feel less alone, and more hopeful.