SUN-C02: Land as a Relation: Supporting Indigenous Connection/reconnection Through (Un)learning and Direct Action

Sunday, November 13, 2022

3:45pm – 5:00pm PT

Location: Moscone Center, Room 301-302

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Jose de Jesus Leal, ASLA

Principal and Native Nation Building Studio Director
MIG, inc.
Sacramento, California

Speaker(s)

Elizabeth Elliott

Executive Director
Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority
Ukiah, California
Nathaniel Willing, Associate ASLA

Intern
MIG INC
West Sacramento, California

Indigenous identity and history are often land-centered. This storytelling session will define essential connections between the land and subsistence lifeways. It will identify how we can restore, protect, reclaim, and revitalize Indigenous culture, language, knowledge, and ceremonies through critical partnerships and policies, while healing both the land and the people.

Learning Outcomes:

Convey how past policies and present actions continue to limit Indigenous peoples access to traditional lands, and its negative impact on cultural heritage preservation.
Recognize Indigenous peoples’ deeper perspectives and connections to land and nature and how these connections contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health of Indigenous People.
Recognize why Tribal Nations are natural partners for Indigenous-led conservation and understand the strategies, policies, and partnerships for the co-management of public lands.
Understand the value of Indigenous relationship to the land, how traditional lands are the origin of Native nations, and inseparable from the people, their culture, and their spiritual identity.