Black, Indigenous and People of Color

Tribal authority to protect clean water in Minnesota: Documenting historical cases and identifying future strategies

Project
Community Action Research Grant

Researcher: Bonnie Keeler (Humphrey School of Public Affairs)

Tribal communities face unique threats from environmental contaminants due to high reliance on subsistence foods and cultural uses. Tribes seeking to protect their lands and waters from contamination can…

The Right to Remain: Housing Access and Displacement of Latina/o/x Charter School Families in the Twin Cities

Project
Faculty Interactive Research Program

Researchers: Madelaine Cahuas (College of Liberal Arts, Department of Geography, Environment and Society) and Jessica Lopez Lyman (College of Liberal Arts, Department of Chicano and Latino Studies)

This study analyzes Latina/o/x displacement and access to…

How racial stratification and neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation intersect in Minnesota’s mortality

Project
Felser Lampert chair in CURA

Researcher: Elizabeth Wrigley-Field (College of Liberal Arts, Department of Sociology, Minnesota Population Center, Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation)

2020 marked a major upheaval in how racial stratification and neighborhood…