Registration Eligibility
ASLA online learning opportunities are open to all. ASLA members may purchase this presentation at a reduced rate. This is a 2022 conference session.
Start Date
12/12/2024
End Date
12/11/2026
Description
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.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Sustainable Development & Design
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.25
Learning Outcomes
Convey how past policies and present actions continue to limit Indigenous peoples’ access to traditional lands, and the subsequent impacts 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 how land is inseparable from the people, their culture, and their spiritual identity.
Instructors
José de Jesús Leal, ASLA; Elizabeth Elliott; Nathaniel Willing, Associate ASLA
Course Codes
Provider
American Society of Landscape Architects