PAST EVENTS
Navajo Homesite Lease Webinar
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
Free Webinar
Nááts’íilid Initiative in partnership with The Navajo Land Department will host an "How to Apply for a Navajo Nation Homesite Lease" webinar on Thursday, November 9th, 2023 at 10:00 am MST. This webinar, presented by Navajo Land Department staff, will provide an overview on what a Homesite Lease is, why we need a homesite lease, the process to apply for a homesite lease, plus learn tips on how to submit a successful application. The webinar should last up to one hour.
This free webinar is aimed at Navajo individuals and families who wish to learn more about the Homesite Lease process and how to successfully obtain one.
Intro to solar energy
Monday, February 13, 2023
Free Webinar
This webinar presented by Native Renewables Workforce & Education Manager, Deb Tewa, will provide an overview of how solar energy works (off-grid vs. grid-tied), off-grid solar PV systems, and Native Renewable's Workforce Development and Training Program. You will also learn how to design your own off-grid system with a solar energy load analysis activity.
This free webinar is aimed at homeowners and others who are relatively new to solar and are considering investing in solar in the future.
walking with Dinétah - trails opening
Saturday and Sunday, September 17-18, 2022
Chilchinbeto, Dennehotso, and Kayenta, AZ
Nááts'íilid Initiative will be hosting an opening ceremony for Walking With Dinétah, an immersive community art and trail walking project. The weekend will include walking, music, dance, weaving workshops, art installations, and community meals.
All are welcome!
Foundations of design justice guest lecture
Sweat Equity Building Practices on Navajo Nation
José Galarza and CarmiRae Blackwater-Holguin
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
José Galarza and CarmiRae Blackwater-Holguin gave a guest lecture for Foundations of Design Justice, a Dark Matter University seminar cotaught by Tonia Sing Chi at Florida A&M University and the University of Utah. The lecture focused on Sweat Equity Building Practices on Navajo Nation.
Preservation Alumni at Columbia university gsapp PANEL
Pushing Perspectives: Can We Make Preservation Relevant in Advancing Social Justice?
Tonia Sing Chi
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
The preservation of our built environment shapes our collective memory and signals who is valued, who belongs, and who does not. What should preservationists do with this responsibility? How can the field move beyond preserving singular notions of Western architectural merit towards the inclusion of people and stories that have been historically excluded or lost? How can preservation support collective healing and strengthen cultural resilience?
Tonia joined Columbia GSAPP’s Preservation Alumni as a panelist and presented her graduate thesis “Building Reciprocity: Participation in Tribal Housing and the Perpetuation of Earthen Architectural Traditions,” a research project that led to her involvement in Nááts'íilid Initiative.
Yestermorrow SPeaker series
DesignBuildBLUFF & Nááts'íilid Initiative
Hiroko Yamamoto, Adrienne Caesar, Perry Martin & CarmiRae Blackwater-Holguin
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
DesignBuildBLUFF is a graduate architecture program at the University of Utah focused on immersing students in hands-on cross-cultural experiences. We work in partnership with the Rural and Native communities of San Juan County in the Utah Four Corners. There is an overwhelming need for affordable and culturally appropriate housing within the Navajo Nation. With this problem in mind, our students sought to develop a flexible housing prototype that could be easily built by would-be native homeowners. The concept of “sweat equity” is one in which the client uses their own labor, rather than cash, as a form of contribution in the building process.
Adrienne and Carmi joined Yestermorrow Design/Build School to talk about Nááts'íilid Initiative, and how it builds on the work of DesignBuildBLUFF.
