UArizona Water Resources Research Center hosted the panel INHABITANTS: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World
On May 16, the UArizona Water Resources Research Center, WRRC, hosted a virtual panel to discuss the film INHABITANTS: Indigenous Perspectives On Restoring Our World. Co-directed by Costa Boutsikaris and Anna Palmer, the film features Dr. Michael Kotutwa Johnson, Assistant Specialist, UArizona Indigenous Resilience Center, School of Natural Resources and the Environment.
The film is a beautiful account of the role that Native communities have in shaping our broader approach to climate change adaptation as it explores the restoration of their traditional land management practices. Using both narrative and visual depictions of Native land stewardship methods in deserts, coastlines, forests, and prairies, INHABITANTS relates the personal histories of five different Native American Tribes and how they have continued to exercise their self-determination to the local and global challenges posed by our changing climate.
Dr. Sharon Megdal, WRRC Director, presented the panel moderated by Rebecca Tsosie, J.D., Regents Professor of Law, UArizona James E. Rogers College of Law.