Land Justice

How Agrarian Trust Relates to and Practices Land Return

Land Return Resource List

As a companion to this practice guide, we share these resources compiled from many partners and collaborators to support individuals and organizations in engaging with land return and related efforts. We will continue to build out this list over time, so check back frequently for new resources.

We invite you to send further resource suggestions to [email protected].

Youth training in the greenhouse, Modest Family Solutions, Puget Sound Agrarian Commons

Land Return Tools

Reparations and Rematriation Map from Northeast Farmers of Color (NEFOC) Land Trust
Rematriation and Land Return Resources and Examples from Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
Legal Tools for Land Return from the Sustainable Economies Law Center
How to Rematriate the Land Webinar Recording from Sustainable Economies Law Center
Imagining Land Justice Series for Religious Groups from Nuns and Nones
Invitations, cultural easements, cultural use agreements, and permits from First Light
Building Indigenous Partnerships from Pie Ranch
Faithlands Toolkit from Agrarian Trust

Articles and Resources

Preliminary Study of the Impact of the Doctrine of Discovery on Indigenous Peoples
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Landback: A metanarrative
Growing the Legacy: Stewarding a Black Agrarian Revival in the Rural South

Books

Systematic Land Theft by Jillian Hishaw
Land Justice: Re-Imagining Land, Food, and the Commons by co-editors Justine Williams and Eric Holt-Giménez
Wealth of the Commons by co-authors David Bollier and Silke Helfrich

Explore each chapter of the Land Return Practice Guide:

Acknowledgements
Statement of Solidarity
Practices of Land Return
Resources List