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Tribes, CalEPA and State Water Board staff held first California Native American Tribal GIS Summit, organizers say
Summary
Organizers and tribal participants described a July Tribal GIS summit co‑hosted at the CalEPA building to build mapping capacity for cultural landscape protection, land back efforts, and environmental planning.
Dr. Donna Miranda Begay told the State Water Resources Control Board at the Sept. 3 public forum about the first California Native American Tribal GIS Summit, held in July at the CalEPA building and co‑hosted by the board and a tribal nonprofit. Begay said the free summit drew about 90 tribes (federally recognized and non‑federally recognized), roughly 280 in‑person participants and 230 virtual participants, and featured more than 20 presentations and six workshops.
Begay described…
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