1. 1. I use these terms interchangeably, as they often share views, methods, and goals. Landbased inquiry centers land as an analytic and examines its relation to both Native Americans and settlers. It is inherently associated with decolonization in its challenge and subversion of colonial systems, policies, and attitudes, particularly toward the ultimate purpose of land repatriation in the context of settler colonialism (Tuck & Yang, 2012). Settler colonial critique is a necessary method for decolonization and land-based inquiry to identify and critique sites and events impacted by settler colonial systems.
2. 2. This term refers to Indigenous peoples’ call for European settlers to return stolen land and Indigenous belongings.
3. 3. This term means a future of endless settler dominance over the land. It specifically foregrounds the erasure of Indigenous peoples and their land sovereignty in the past, present, and future.
4. 4. The term means numeric measurement of spatial patterns to quantify and capture physical dimension of urban growth and land use (Herold, Couclelis, & Clarke, 2005).
5. 5. See https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/american-origins-0.