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The boundaries of reservations, treaty land and traditional Native territory are all represented by two-dimensional lines on paper. Few, if any, of those lines were ever drawn by Native mapmakers. But Indigenous people have always charted their surroundings in textile designs, drawings, carvings and even in songs. And Indigenous cartographers are finding new ways to map their environment that include interactive digital displays and geospatial technologies. These maps tap into conversations of history, culture, relationships and colonization. We’ll hear from some Indigenous people about both the traditional and new ways of getting a sense of place.
Guests
Jim Enote (Zuni Pueblo) – CEO of the Colorado Plateau Foundation
Annita Luchessi (Cheyenne) – executive director of Sovereign Bodies Institute and PhD student at the University of Arizona
Steve DeRoy (Anishinaabe/Saulteaux and a member of the Ebb and Flow First Nation) – Director of the Firelight Group and founder of the Indigenous Mapping Workshop
