Indigenous Voices of the Land

This progrm for spring Starts with Panel !: Sovereignty in Design Centering Indigenous Goveranance in Landscape and Architecture. 

See poster for QR Code for this panel. Native American Nations have long been excluded from formal design structures, yet their contributions to design theory, pedagogy, and practice are sophisticated, visionary, and deeply rooted in landscape. This series targets this disconnect by bringing together four panels of Indigenous voices and their non-Native collaborators to shift how we shift how we approach design—advocating for processes that are with, by, and for Indigenous communities. Through a 4-month series of shared discussions, presentations, and reflections, this initiative seeks to emphasize deliberation, storytelling, and co-creation—core values of Indigenous design—and proposes discussion as a vital design tool. Our discussions also aim to highlight the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), reinforcing the criticality of Indigenous wisdom in creating sustainable, community-centered, and resilient landscapes.