Indigenous Landscapes: An example from Hopi | Lecture by Michael Kotutwa Johnson

The Hopi people have lived on the Colorado Plateau in Northern Arizona for millennia. They have established a relationship with the environment that integrates their cultural belief system. Hopi farmers raise crops to fit the environment and not manipulate them through various inputs harmful to landscapes, especially in the Midwest. The lecture will lead to a greater understanding of how Indigenous people, not only at Hopi but across the globe, are now viewed as the gatekeepers of biodiversity. Indigenous people in their territories focus on something other than gross domestic product (GDP) but instead on quality and defined relationships within the context of where they live.