Stewards of the Wild Sea Screening at the Indigenous Film Night

The Stewards of the Wild Sea film will be featured on film night at The George Wright Society Conference for Parks following a discussion about Challenging the History and Future of Non-Indigenous Conservation Models led by Gisele Maria Martin and Hawk Rosales.  The discussion will highlight indigenous stewardship models and perspectives on nature to deconstruct assumptions about dominant conservation paradigms, and inform more holistic directions for future conservation efforts.

Gisele Maria Martin and Hawk Rosales have been deeply involved in remarkable conservation movements in Vancouver Island and California that have resulted in the declaration of indigenous peoples’ “wilderness” and “park” areas established and stewarded by Tribal First Nations. They will discuss key principles underlying traditional systems of cultural knowledge that, for countless generations, have produced biologically diverse and abundant ecosystems, and will explain their unique movements through presentations of compelling photos and inspiring stories.

The discussion will chronicle Tribal First Nations’ histories of loss, and the revitalization of connections with ancestral territories while examining the origins of ideas informing non-indigenous conservation models will and dominant attitudes toward nature, indigenous peoples, and conserving land.  Attendees will gain deeper understanding about the meaning of conservation through the deconstruction of widely held assumptions embedded in non-indigenous conservation paradigms in order to emerge better informed about how more holistic approaches should be incorporated into future conservation efforts.

The Stewards of the Wild Sea film will be featured at the conference during the Indigenous Film Night on Wednesday April 1 from 8:00pm-10:00pm at the Oakland Marriott, City Center 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607.

 

 

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