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The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

Land acknowledgement isn’t enough

Land acknowledgement isn’t enough

Ayelet Kaminski, Opinion Columnist October 28, 2022

UVM has failed to ever truly recognize and atone for its role in the dispossession of Indigenous peoples.  The Abenaki tribe, in particular, are the Indigenous people of the N’kadinna, which includes...

An antique wooden desk first belonging to  Vermont Senator Justin Morrill, author of the Morrill Act of 1862 establishing the country’s first land grant universities, sits in President Garimellas office.

Guest commentary: UVM’s land grant mission is paramount

Guest Commentary January 16, 2020

Editor's Note: This commentary is by Suresh V. Garimella, President, University of Vermont Against the back wall of my UVM office sits an antique wooden desk. Its surface is bare of books and paper...

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