HEAR US - Land Visitation - Capacity Building Center for Tribes

HEAR US - Helping Ensure Acknowledgement of, Respect for, and an Understanding of Sovereignty
The HEAR US video project was envisioned as a resource that could be used to educate people who are working with tribal nations by providing them foundational information. We know that not all federal, state, or local government staff work in realms that involve tribal nations and this can create anxiety and ambivalence in their approach to such important work. Lack of exposure to new peoples and ways of being leads to tunnel vision, reinforces stereotypes, and can perpetuate harm if a person does find themselves in a space of working with a tribal program and not having the proper cultural understandings. These videos give staff a starting point on their journey to cultural understanding.
We believe that these two videos can be used in educating staff on the topics of:
- What tribes wish people knew before coming onto tribal lands for any purpose
- The significant cultural connections American Indian and Alaska Native children lose when they are removed from their communities and the impact of these losses and how it may result in lifelong traumatic effects
Building and reinforcing relationships and tribal sovereignty has been woven into both videos. These videos are not intended to be a replacement for importance of building your own trust relationships with tribes you are working with. These videos will hopefully serve as one of the fundamental pieces of a more comprehensive training program and give the learner something to look back at if they need it as they work toward being culturally respectful in their work with tribal nations.
View the Points of Consideration Document: tribalinformat...
Watch the other video in the HEAR US series, Removal of Children: • HEAR US - Removal of C...