Indigenous Planning advocates community development based on land-tenure principles and is informed by the distinctive worldviews of indigenous peoples. Practitioners are committed to social, economic, and political change and welcome all those interested in sustaining traditional indigenous approaches to planning.
After driving through the Cherokee reservation in the Nantahala National Forest on the North Carolina/Georgia/Tennessee border, I was depressed about the way that the United States treats Native Americans (not a surprise to me but it’s still jarring to witness it firsthand again and again). Ultimately, we can’t undo history but we can certainly pay attention so that the future is better than the past and present. Indigenous planning seems to be one way to make that happen.
(via APA)
