Indigenous Protocols: Approaching the Lands with Cultural Monitoring - Ep. 127

EcoJustice Radio · Feb 11, 2022 · 59m

Indigenous Cultural Monitoring is an important step in acknowledging Native peoples' historic and spiritual relationship to stewardship of public and private lands. An Indigenous Cultural Monitor is someone from local Tribal Nations trained in archeological methods, Indigenous Protocols, and traditional teachings who monitors archeological assessments conducted within affected lands. Those assessments include potential environmental impacts and artifacts uncovered during the work. In the last few years, momentum has been increasing around the Land Back movement, an Indigenous-led initiative…