Here is a non-exhaustive list of resources we’ve found helpful in our renaming process
Resources
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- On Land Acknowledgements/Statements of Place:
- https://nativegov.org/news/beyond-land-acknowledgment-guide/
- https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/so-you-want-to-do-a-land-acknowledgement/
- https://native-land.ca/resources/territory-acknowledgement/
- https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/rethinking-land-acknowledgments/
- https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23200329/land-acknowledgments-indigenous-landback
- On Local Indigenous Histories and Futures
- A History of Utah’s American Indians, by Forrest S. Cuch
- There Are No Utes In Utah: History of the Uinta Valley Shoshone Tribe of the Utah Nation, by Dora Van, Tressa Jordan, and John Torres
- We Shall Remain: A Native History of Utah PBS documentary series
- New World Coming, edited by Alastair Lee Bitsóí and Brooke Larsen
- On Local Indigenous names:
- More information about drafting a statement of place can be found here.
- On Land Acknowledgements/Statements of Place:
TRACY AVIARY STATEMENT OF PLACE
Some local Indigenous folks we’ve learned from:
- Marianna Di Paolo – University of Utah’s Shoshoni Language Project
- Darren Parry – Utah State University and University of Utah History departments
- Genevieve Fields and Marjle Greymountain-Pete – Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation
- Mary Murdoch Meyer, Chief Executive of Timpanogos Nation
- Angelo Baca, scholar, activist, and filmmaker with focus on Bears Ears
- Watch Shash Jaa’: Bears Ears film
- Read his op-ed on Bears Ears
- Watch this interview about his work with Bears Ears
- Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, Ute Mountain Ute elder
- Watch her lecture on Gunnison Sage-Grouse
- Watch this video she is featured in about Bears Ears
- Tracy Aviary staff Isiah Cambridge and Perla Aceves
Check out our Newe Ecological Knowledge video series, where Genevieve and Marjle graciously shared some of their wisdom with us.
REMEMBERING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND PLACES
Using Place and Species Names:
Read more about Featuring Place and Species Names in Signage
Read more about Learning Local Indigenous Place Names
We use Miller-Crum orthography, which is used for Kutsipiuti/Goshute and Western Shoshoni dialects.
- Refering to this one orthography allows us to stay consistent in our spellings and pronounciations of names like Pia Okwai and other words.
- This orthography is phonetic, meaning it is spelled how it sounds.
We refer to the University of Utah’s Shoshoni Talking Dictionary, which uses the Miller-Curm orthography, to learn words and their pronunciations.
Other Organizations to Check Out
Our work exists in the context of many great groups leading similar initiatives and work. We have partnered with many of these groups along our continuing journey to center Indigenous Ecological Knowledges and relations to place. We’ve listed some of them below- check them out and consider supporting their work!
- Echoing Spirits (formerly L’il Feathers)
- Boa Ogoi Cultural Interpretive Center, led by the Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation
- Og-woi People’s Garden and Orchard
- University of Utah’s Shoshoni Language Project and Shoshoni Talking Dictionary
- Pandos and Navajo language wiki
- Lost Eden Gallery
- Diné artist Kassie John
- Hopi artist Jessica Wiarda
- Indigenous Health and Wellness Connections
- Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake
- Granite School District and Nebo School District’s Title VI programs
- Sacred Circle Healthcare
Some More Work We’ve Done Around Indigenous Ecological Knowledge:
- Read about various Indigenous perspectives on bats
- Read and watch our Newe Ecological Knowledge project with Genevieve Fields and Marjle Greymountain-Pete
- Learn about our project to create an underground earth oven at the Nature Center
- Read and watch Tåsi/Madau/Moana perspectives on the Sihek (Guam Kingfisher)
- Read our three part series on Núuchiu, Diné, and Wīnak perspectives on owls
- Watch this video about our centering of Indigenous bird names at the Nature Center Bird Blind
- Follow our Instagram to find content about local Indigenous names and languages, upcoming events, and more!