Legacy of the Land

The realities of coastal erosion are told through the experiences of Bristol Bay communities. Interviews, local archives and ancestral knowledge put their circumstances in stark relief as the community adjusts to the retreating coastline.

In 2023, the Tolowa Dee-ni' people, alongside partnering tribes, asserted sovereignty over the 700 square miles of their ancestral fisheries. In 2024, see how marine science and resource management can be guided by community and culture.

Communities like the Unangax rely on traditional foodways in lieu of customary, expensive grocery suppliers. Follow the journey of a local subsistence hunter and witness the realities of food access in the changing arctic and the values that inform their harvest.

A hogan is a small, unassuming traditional structure found across the Navajo Nation. Remaining cool in the summers and warm in the winters, revisit the hogan amidst a warming American Southwest.

The Southwestern United States is experiencing a megadrought, but this isn't the first-time people have survived one in the region. Dr. Karletta Chief, a Diné Hydrologist, shares the traditional mindset needed to endure such times.

Agriculture can thrive in the desert. The Hohokam and O'odham people have used Ak-Chin farming, a form of dry farming, to grow crops for thousands of years. Cultural experts demonstrate these traditional practices as well as implementations for future community planning.