This multimedia project to promote environmental justice advocacy and curriculum development on Native American history and contemporary Indigenous land relations was co-created with the Ramapough Lunaape Nation Turtle Clan.

The result is a powerful illustration of how environmental pollution disrupts relationships to land. The Rutgers team, led by project director Anita Bakshi, worked with Turtle Clan members – many of whom live on an active Superfund site – to create an array of materials, including the Our Land, Our Stories book; The Meaning of the Seed documentary film; traveling exhibits; short video projects for YouTube and social media platforms; and a digital exhibit for Rutgers University Libraries.

The project shows how Indigenous communities are responding with programs for cultural restoration and food sovereignty by incorporating multiple voices and creating a multimedia forum for sharing important stories of land and loss, and of survival and recovery.