2 Honoring TribalCrit in Higher Education: Survival and Sovereignty in the Wake of Anti-CRT Bills

This article positions anti-Critical Race Theory legislation as ongoing colonial violence against Indigenous Peoples. We consider how anti-CRT bills suppress TribalCrit initiatives and, therefore, tribal sovereignty of knowledge production. We examine one bill, Oklahoma’s HB1775, which prohibits mandatory trainings, courses, or orientations addressing gender, sex, and race in state institutions, including higher education. We contend