Join us for a conversation about Indigenous ecological knowledge and the environment at the REACH Museum. A free screening of the documentary film “Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring our World” will be followed by a panel discussion with land management professionals from local tribes. Learn how traditional practices inform current work to nurture natural resources in the homelands of the Wanapum, Yakama, and Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
The 2020 film “Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring our World” follows five Native American communities as they restore their traditional land management practices in the face of a changing climate. For millennia Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes, but centuries of colonization have disrupted their ability to maintain these processes. From deserts, coastlines, forests, mountains, and prairies, Native communities across the US are restoring their ancient relationships with the land. The five stories include sustaining traditions of Hopi dryland farming in Arizona; restoring buffalo to the Blackfeet reservation in Montana; maintaining sustainable forestry on the Menominee reservation in Wisconsin; reviving native food forests in Hawaii; and returning prescribed fire to the landscape by the Karuk Tribe of California. As the climate crisis escalates, these time-tested practices of North America's original inhabitants are becoming increasingly essential in a rapidly changing world.
When: Thursday, March 5th 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Where: The Reach Museum - 1943 Columbia Park Trail Richland, WA 99352
Things to note: Admission to this event is free. Donations are welcome and encouraged to help support the educational mission of the REACH Museum. Seating will be first-come, first-served
This event is sponsored by Alan Landers and Columbia Basin chapter of Washington Native Plant Society and coordinated in partnership with The REACH Museum
For even more details about this event, check out The REACH Museum’s calendar: https://visitthereach.us/events/inhabitants-free-documentary-screening-at-the-reach-museum/