BSA NewsNov 27, 2020 Share ↗ BSA Staff Picks: National Native American Heritage DayThe BSA staff is working on learning more about what we can do in our work and personal lives to acknowledge the ancestral lands on which we reside and the Indigenous People we share it with today. In honor of Native American Heritage Day, we would like to share some staff picks—articles, podcasts, movies, and more—relating to Native American rights, culture, and of course, architecture.We invite you to share your own resources and experiences with us!To submit a resource or share an experience related to Indigenous culture and/or architecture, please reach out to us at [email protected].Articles Tamara Eagle Bull FAIA: Stop Appropriating My CultureUse of Native American symbols, knowledge, and practices pervades the building, entertainment, and media industries. Indigenizing practice: To award, or not to award?Australian Sarah Lynn Rees speaks to practitioners about the place and process of Indigenous awards. On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Revisiting the Meaning of “Native Architecture”Chris Cornelius of studio:indigenous speaks with Metropolis about (de)colonization in the practice, education, and experience of architecture. "Architecture is Vital to Native Culture": Sam Olbekson on Indigenous Design and Social JusticeFor Sam Olbekson, Principal of Native American Design at Cuningham Group and Founder of Full Circle Indigenous Planning, community holds a deep relationship to local cultures and traditions. To share or not to share? Tribes risk exploitation when sharing climate change solutions.Native communities are one of the groups most impacted by a changing climate — and many of the human activities that have precipitated it. They are also a necessary part of the solution. Multi-Media Indigenous Urbanism PodcastIndigenous Urbanism is a place-based storytelling podcast about the spaces we inhabit, and the community drivers and practitioners who are shaping those environments and decolonising through design. We Still Live Here DocumentaryWe Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneân is the story of the revitalization of the Wampanoag language, the first time a language with no native speakers has been revived in this country. Final talk in Exhibit Columbus series to discuss indigenous design in the USThe discussion, called New Middles: Indigenous Futures and Radical Thinking, will be moderated by Dezeen columnist and Exhibit Columbus curator Mimi Zeiger. A Conversation With Native Americans on RaceNative Americans challenge their invisibility in society as part of an ongoing New York Times video series on race. Resources & More Native LandA map that re-envisions the standard geo-political world map to represent nations and Indigenous people on their own terms. National Anthropological ArchivesThe National Anthropological Archives in the National Museum of Natural History’s Department of Anthropology, collects and preserves historical and contemporary anthropological materials. Gertrude Käsebier Sioux PortraitsMany of ground-breaking photographer Gertrude Käsebier's portrait subjects were working and traveling with William "Buffalo Bill" Cody’s Wild West shows, at the turn of the 20th century. The Native Land ConservancyNative Land Conservancy was founded in 2012 in Mashpee, Massachusetts, and is the first Native-run land conservation group east of the Mississippi. View this post on InstagramA post shared by HIDC (@hidc_gsd) View this post on InstagramA post shared by ✨charlie // amáyá ✨ (@dineaesthetics)
Upcoming Changes to BSA Chapter BylawsAs the BSA looks ahead to 2021, the BSA/AIA Board has made recommendations for changes to the Chapter's bylaws that will modernize governance. The BSA membership will vote on the bylaws during a special meeting on January 6, 2021.Nov 30, 2020