Sqigwts 3-D Landscape

The Sqigwts 3-D Landscape is an interactive three-dimensionalexperience developed to provide an opportunity to effectively learn about theimportant cultural significance of sqigwts, the water potato (Sagittarialatifolia) to the Schitsu’umsh or Coeur d’Alene Indian (of the Pacific NorthwestUSA) and potential risks and vulnerabilities climate change may pose for thisspecies and the Schitsu’umsh living relationship with it. Schitsu’umsh knowledgeand practice is called hnkhwelkhwlnet, “our ways of life in the world,” and isconveyed through acts of re-telling their oral traditions and stories. For theSchitsu’umsh, storytelling is a living act and can only truly occur in-person asa shared experience between the storyteller and listeners as activeparticipants. While a simulation of this active in-person exchange, this 3-DLandscape provides a storytelling experience that attempts to replicates howhnkhwelkhwlnet can be accessed and understood. This format more effectivelyexpresses indigenous meaning than a literacy-based format. Conveyed in the 3-DLandscape are insights into this unique indigenous form of knowledge andpractice and how it has provided a means for Schitsu’umsh to successfully adaptto various forms of environmental and social change. Schitsu’umsh hnkhwelkhwlnetoffers insights into how the indigenous and the scientific, in concert with eachother, can be applied to address climate change. In offering this 3-D Landscapeto the public, the Schitsu’umsh invite you to participate in this story,interact with its content, and see for yourself what mi’yp, lessons, about theirhnkhwelkhwlnet are revealed to you. The Sqigwts 3-D Landscape was developedunder a project funded by the United States Geological Survey entitled"Schitsu'umsh Relationships with Their Dynamic Landscapes: Identifying,Managing, and Applying Indigenous Knowledge and Praxis," with Co-PIs from theSchitsu'umsh Tribe and from the University of Idaho. All final materialsdeveloped for this project, both intellectual property and traditionalknowledge, were reviewed by the Tribal Council and related Committees, andapproved for public dissemination. Technical Note: To visit the 3D Landscape,you must either use Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Opera for your web browser;Google Chrome does not support the needed functionality.

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