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Article: Native Americans embrace geotechnology.(Cultural Resource Management)
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- GEO World
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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ON THE HIGH PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA, a group of Lakota (Sioux) Native Americans are refining a new vision of the future that's a surprising mix of traditional wisdom and modern spatial technologies. Indigenous people's values, worldview, philosophy and history are providing a compelling reason to embrace spatial technology.
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James Rattling Leaf and Jhon Goes In Center are leading advocates of this merger of Western geoscience and Native American knowledge. Taking multiple forms and names, including NativeView and Rez Mapper, the innovative approach to technology transfer and empowerment within "Indian Country" is gaining ...
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