Indigenous Mapping Conference

Kia ora!!
I head off to the Indigenous Mapping Conference in Wisconsin, USA - Friday 12th June!!

Here's the link: http://www.indigenousmapping.net/conference-overview.html

Here's the agenda: http://www.indigenousmapping.net/conference-overview/agenda.html

I'm first up, Monday 15th at 9:00am!!

The Theme: http://www.indigenousmapping.net/conference-overview/proposal.html

In a nutshell: Plan – Preserve – Protect

The purpose of the gathering is threefold:
1. Share GIS/mapping stories and solutions
2. Strengthen and expand upon existing and upcoming Tribal GIS/mapping networks
3. Promote discussion and interaction between Tribal people interested in mapping/GIS technologies

Our goal is to assemble Indigenous/Tribal speakers and others working with Indigenous communities who want to bring these discussions to the table:

PLAN
- Successful integration of mapping/GIS/planning infrastructure
- Mapping strategies for communicating importance of cultural landscapes
- Building/Strengthening regional/federal/international mapping networks

PRESERVE
- Cultural cartographic practices including storytelling, singing, and dancing
- Using geospatial technologies to identify/evaluate the vulnerability of environmental resources

PROTECT
- Cultural knowledge systems including medicine
- Cultural sites including sacred sites of rituals and profane sites of cultural significance
- Land rights

naaku noa
H24