DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousGeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousGeography</span></a> could change how we relate to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a> </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geography</span></a> can be maps. But it can also be something deeply personal, like how we interact with space."</p><p>by Taylar Dawn Stagner Indigenous Affairs Fellow<br>Jul 31, 2024 </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> is a world-ending problem: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flooding</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fires</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hurricanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hurricanes</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heat</span></a> are threatening life and land, and could render parts of the planet <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uninhabitable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uninhabitable</span></a>. But when <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NiiyokamigaabawDeondreSmiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NiiyokamigaabawDeondreSmiles</span></a> gives their students advice on what to do about it, one of the things they recommend is to simply go for a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/walk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>walk</span></a>. Smiles is an assistant professor of geography at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, and a leader in the field of Indigenous geography. </p><p>"They are a citizen of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeechLakeBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeechLakeBand</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ojibewe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ojibewe</span></a>, and they research how <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeople</span></a> have cultivated relationships with the land that are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ceremonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ceremonial</span></a>, historic — and ever <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/evolving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolving</span></a>, including in the wake of climate change.</p><p>"As <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a> governments engage with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/traditional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traditional</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecological</span></a> knowledge more seriously, Smiles’ work is a timely reminder of how seemingly small changes to your routine can have a big impact on your point of view. Indigenous geography offers a stark contrast to a worldview based on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/extraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extraction</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a>.</p><p>"Many societies have cataloged the world around them to make maps and meaning out of the land, but colonial ways of contextualizing the world have also often utilized geography as a way to divide and sequester land from Indigenous peoples."</p><p><a href="https://grist.org/looking-forward/indigenous-geography-could-change-how-we-relate-to-the-earth/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grist.org/looking-forward/indi</span><span class="invisible">genous-geography-could-change-how-we-relate-to-the-earth/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousKnowledge</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NatureWalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureWalk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TakeAWalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeAWalk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotherEarth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environmentalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RestoreNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RestoreNature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rewilding</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Decolonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decolonization</span></a></p>