I would be interested in a forum on Indigenous Planning on this website. I think there are unique planning tools for Native American or other Indigenous cultures that might be appropriate to share.
I would be interested in a forum on Indigenous Planning on this website. I think there are unique planning tools for Native American or other Indigenous cultures that might be appropriate to share.
If you find anything of interest, please post it here for us to see. And when I say anything....I mean anything
On the ground, protecting the Cyburbia Shove since 2004.
APA now has an Indigenous Planning Division, though on the website, I see little activity. One of my past professors worked to get the topic accepted as a division by APA.
Even though I don't work directly with any tribes, Indigenous Planning issues are definitely an issue on and off the Rez around here and I know a few people who work for the Pueblos as planners.
A few topics that come to mind:
Economic development (casinos, crafts and cigarettes - oh my!)
Social issues on and off the Rez (how do Native peoples view their relationships with "home," areas off the Rez and the mediation of the two)
Public health issues on and off the Rez (management of and access to health care)
Housing development on the Rez
Public participation in Native communities (are there special tools, approaches or processes that are better suited to Native Communities?)
The purpose of life is a life of purpose
We had an interesting talk at last week's Oregon Planning Institute. Eric Quaempts, Director of Natural Resources for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, talked about a natural resource management plan for the reservation based on First Foods practices. It focuses on Water, Salmon, Deer, Cous (root foods) and Huckleberries. The idea is to manage the reservation for those foods, and everything else will take care of itself, since they are all connected to those foods.
It's a bigger issue in Alaska than in most places, so I'm not sure how much value an Indigenous branch might have on this internet forum.
Start some OPs and see what sort of response you get. I've got several projects cooking that include heavy native corp. elements.
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You can grow ideas in the garden of your mind.
In Australia we have an issue with equality. Don't get me wrong, I know this issue is not endemic to Aus. I think the story is widespread throughout and the issues are transferable around the world. I mean don't get me wrong, as a society equality has certainly improved, but I think we become complacent and think that everything is ok for them and us.
The Aboriginal peoples life expectancy is hovers around 50; They are not as educated; Increased crime rates; Higher rates of suicide and other various environmental injustices.
I am all for it
Slightly Off-topic
Right now I am trying to muster supporters for anonymous marking at my university. As of today I have created a Facebook Group Called: Calling For Griffith University to Implement Anonymous Marking.
If you want to check it out just search for that title. I got most of my stuff from a UK university that has these policies.
http://lusu.co.uk/downloads/advice/a...esentation.ppt
The ppt has a list of pros and cons. I guess it is relevant from a race perspective, quote: Statistics demonstrate similar discrepancies in regards to race, sexuality and lifestyle.
Has anyone been aware of this concept? Many of our class believes there was and is favouritism and after course evaluations and student concerns says that he/she has favourites and marking can be subjective when our university is clearly performance based.
Hi,
Just joined but am about to start some major housing projects with aboriginal communities in Australia. Would love to keep people doing the same in other countries 'in the loop'. Will keep you posted.
Indigenous Planning is predicated on land-tenure principles and using the distinctive worldviews of indigenous peoples to inform community. The indigenous planning framework is predicated on the establishing of a set of principles. Although it could be argued that the Indigenous Planning paradigm is a new concept, its principles are actually a reformulation of practices that have been used by ‘traditional’ communities for millennia. Before indigenous authority had been usurped through colonial processes, tribal societies planned their communities. In addition, unlike the Western approach that relies principally upon regulating land-use, the indigenous planning approach basis its practice on dealing with land tenure.
In my state of Georgia most, if not all, the indigenous populace was force-marched to Oklahoma in the infamous 1832 Trail of Tears. Ergo, those voices are not heard at all here.
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Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell. -- Edward Abbey
In NYS, there has been a long history of animosity between the tribes of the former Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy and the state government, especially the Senecas in WNY. This goes back at least to the 1840s when the state attempted to send the Senecas off to Oklahoma, and in the last two decades, has been acerbated by a bitter quarrel over selling untaxed cigarettes and gasoline on the reservations. Consequently, there's deep anti-government sentiment on the reservations, and a very strong sense of not only tribal rights to self-determination but also personal property rights. Basically, the Senecas believe in and practice laissez-faire on their two Cattaraugus County reservations, and planning takes the form of where to extend waterlines, landscaping a new medical facility or building senior apartments using "casino money". As far as I know, there is no master plan and no zoning on either of the two reservations -- nor any desire for either by more than a handful of enrolled Senecas.
Not to mention boring.
I used to work with someone who was a tribal planner here in MI. In one case a tribe bought land adjacent to their current casino to build a new one. It was only after they had nearly cvompleted the project they realized the tribal owned land is not neccessarily the same thing as being on a reservation. For quite a while they had to connect the hotel with the old casino with a very long temporary walkway. The same tribe also opened a casino in the Center of Detroit. During its opening it went bankrupt because they were spending much more than they had, as they underestimated how much it costs to build a full 400+ room hotel, casino, and convention space. They could have used a planner.
We hope for better things; it will arise from the ashes - Fr Gabriel Richard 1805
Prior to the rise of Indian casinos, most tribal governments were like rural town/village governments -- largely amateur affairs dealing where the purchase of a $1,000 computer "system" (cpu/monitor/software) was a major investment. The federal law that allowed casinos on Indian reservations opened up a real can of worms (this is apart from the social consequences vs economic benefits arguments) because some of the tribes were simply unprepared and lacking in expertise to handle the legal and monetary aspects that come with setting up casinos.Not to mention boring.
I used to work with someone who was a tribal planner here in MI. In one case a tribe bought land adjacent to their current casino to build a new one. It was only after they had nearly cvompleted the project they realized the tribal owned land is not neccessarily the same thing as being on a reservation. For quite a while they had to connect the hotel with the old casino with a very long temporary walkway. The same tribe also opened a casino in the Center of Detroit. During its opening it went bankrupt because they were spending much more than they had, as they underestimated how much it costs to build a full 400+ room hotel, casino, and convention space. They could have used a planner.
New York's Senecas didn't have that problem. Their frequent and numerous (and generally successful) court fights with NYS developed a lot of tribal expertise in handling legal and large-scale monetary affairs (the Senecas are still pursuing land claims in some parts of NYS based on illegal treaties forced on them by the state in the early 1800s which will probably put millions of dollars in the tribe's trust account).
We have worked with indigenous people in Panama, Malaysia, China, Hawaii and Mexico in doing interpretive plans. These focus on the development of media/programs that help people understand and connect with the natural and cultural heritage of the community. It can be for tourism purposes to stimulate economic development or it can simply be about clarifying community objectives. Our approach always honors the cultural traditions and core values of the community and involves development of a logic model of measurable objectives. Resulting plans are holistic and address architecture, landscape architecture, thematic identity, communication media, programming, etc.
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