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How land-grant universities continue to profit from stolen indigenous lands

Land-grant universities have broadened access to higher education in the United States — but it happened at the expense of Native Americans.

Even today, land-grant universities still profit from the natural resources of stolen indigenous land.

Grist editor-at-large Tristan Ahtone joins us.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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