Saturday, May 2, 2009

GOAL 55: Attend an Indigenous Mapping Conference

Kia ora tatou!
Update: 13 June 2009
I arrived into Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA this morning local time 9am to attend the Indigenous Mapping Conference hosted by the Oneida Nation!!

I was in LA last night working on my presentation at the International Terminal!!

naaku noa
Hauiti



May 2009
On the 13 June 2009, i fly out from Auckland, NZ to Wisconsin, USA to attend the Indigenous Mapping Conference!!

- - > http://indigenousmapping.net/conference-overview.html

I will be presenting a paper on Monday 15th June!! (Hauiti)


Here is a little about the conference:
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
Hauiti (24retoa)