Cartography Comes Alive - Connecting to Our Land and Our Relatives

Name: Cartography Comes Alive - Connecting to Our Land and Our Relatives
Start: 2024-12-11T18:30:00-07:00
Location: 1245 S 3rd St W, Missoula, MT, United States, Montana 59801

Schedule

Wed, 11 Dec, 2024 at 06:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

1245 S 3rd St W, Missoula, MT, United States, Montana 59801 | Missoula, MT

FREE EVENT: Lailani, a journalist, filmmaker, educator and entrepreneur of Iron Shield Creative, a creative cultural consultancy encompassing Indigenous storytelling will connect you to the ancestral homeland of the Siksikaistapi (Blackfoot) or otherwise known as the Montana landscape through her people’s connection through stories, traditional ecological knowledge, traditional values, undocumented Indigenous history, and her own personal journey.
Indigenous stories offer a unique way to understand the power of the natural world our human connections to it, and our animal relatives. Listeners will learn about a personal, soulful relationship with our natural world through Lailani’s sharing. Lailani will guide you to understanding a keystone relative, the Iinnii (buffalo). She will share how she uses her creative gifts in the Rematriation of the return of buffalo to native lands. Folks will walk away with a fresh look at our world and human and carnivore relationships. The discussion will offer listeners to ponder their own personal responsibility and stewardship to the earth through the lens of an Indigenous mom, grandmother, daughter, sister, auntie, and friend, and ponder ways they choose to act on behalf of our future generations and wildlife relatives.
All CCA events are held at our Missoula brick-and-mortar location, 1245 S 3rd St W. Seating is limited, so be sure to secure your spot for this unique experience that brings maps to life like never before!
This family-friendly event is open to all ages. Admission to Cartography Comes Alive is free, but seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. We recommend picking up tickets early at the Xplorer Maps store to guarantee a seat.