Overall, the project supported cultural values in a contemporary world and cultivated traditional knowledge through community dialogue and active participation in cultural practices.
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The Sheep Camp retreats also included afternoon workshops in Navajo weaving, hand spinning, hand carding, dyeing wool, rope braiding and wet/dry felting. The gatherings included nature walks through the mountain where plant biologist, Arnold Clifford, medicine man/herbalist Anderson Hoskie, and herbalist Louise Tso shared their knowledge in identifying plants with the Navajo names, stories and songs affiliated with the plant species. Activities included two Sheep Camp Retreats in the Carrizo Mountains in Arizona and the Chuska Mountains in New Mexico, both summer sheep grazing sites at higher elevations. (The Navajo Lifeway) works in support of Diné producers and weavers, assisting sheep, goat, and fiber producers in the Navajo Nation with technical and educational information for sustaining economic self-sufficiency.Ī cultural preservation project, Navajo Lifeway and the Arts: What Plants Can Teach US, incorporated media arts and cultural technology with fiber and shepherding arts, investigated fifteen plants and documented a web of interrelationships recovering stories, traditional practices and intergenerational sharing at the heart of the Navajo sheep culture. Tsosie was the Principal Investigator on the community-led study “A Cultural, Spiritual and Health Impact Assessment of Oil Drilling Operations in the Navajo Nation Area of Counselor, Torreon and Ojo Encino Chapters”, which combines a Health Impact Assessment methodology with a Diné-centered K’é Bee Hózhǫǫgo Iiná Silá analysis.Diné be’ iiná, Inc. They also hold a MA in Geography with a specialization in Gender Studies from the University of Toronto.ĭavid Tsosie (Diné) is a member of Diné Centered Research and Evaluation and the Diné Hataalii Association. Soni earned a doctorate in Anthropology from the University of Chicago in 2021, where their dissertation was awarded the Sol Tax Dissertation Prize. Their research focuses broadly on the politics of land, energy and extraction, and environmental justice, supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Center for Engaged Scholarship. Soni Grant is an anthropologist interested in political and legal anthropology, environmental studies, and science and technology. Presented and moderated by Soni Grant, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie As of Thursday 3 March, we are back in person - in Potter Auditorium in the.
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Again this year, our lectures will be presented Thursdays evenings from 7:00-8:30 PM (Atlantic time).
#DINE BE IINA HOZHOOGA SILA SERIES#
Our Story emerges from a long-standing collaboration between local Diné leaders in the Greater Chaco region, Pueblo organizers, and a small team of community-engaged media makers to share the story of the Indigenous-led fight to protect this sacred landscape. Welcome to the Winter 2022 ESS Lecture Series We are excited to welcome many wonderful speakers and lecturers to the stage this semester. But rarely is this story of extraction and land defense told from their perspectives. Thursday 10 February Our Story: The Indigenous-led Fight to Protect Greater Chacoĭiné and Pueblo people directly impacted by oil and gas extraction in the Greater Chaco region have been organizing for generations to protect the wellbeing of their communities, sacred sites, and the integrity of the landscape.