Storymaps LIVE! on Grand Canyon First Nations, Jun 17 2020
The Grand Canyon Trust has been working on a storymap presenting firsthand stories from the "people whose cultures, worldviews, and livelihoods are inextricably tied to the Grand Canyon region". On July 17 Storymaps LIVE featured storytellers will be Stephany Smith and Ellen Heyn from the Trust, sharing their approaches and methods for their great work on a new storymap "The Voices of the Grand Canyon". Storymaps LIVE is also your chance to learn about the latest Storymaps enhancements and ask questions live to the Esri Storymaps team. Register Here
..."Riggs said during the park's centennial celebrations, there was a focus on John Wesley Powell, the Kolb Brothers and others who were important to the ‘discovery’ of the park for tourism, but there was not very much acknowledgement of the Native history of the Grand Canyon....“It goes beyond 11 tribes,” Riggs said. “Tribes from California, Nevada, Colorado, everybody has some sort of connection to this place". ..."