Indigenous planning--an emerging context.

To develop a professional organization that advocates for a community development approach based on an indigenous planning paradigm. The practice of indigenous planning is predicated on adhering to land-tenure traditions and upholding the unique cultural worldviews of indigenous communities--Indigenous Planning Mission Statement. (2)

Abstract

The Indigenous Planning Division was created within the America Planning Association (APA) in 2005 to identify and link planning practitioners that work among tribal nations and indigenous communities. With the advent of the 1975 Indian Self-Determination Act, tribes have assumed their rightful role of contracting their own education, health, social and economic development services. Coupled with the emergence of Indian casino gaming and the impacts being sustained by the encroachment of urbanization onto tribal lands, planning issues have become even more complex and varied. This paper reviews the emergence of indigenous planning in the USA and describes its essential nature.

Key words: Indigenous planning; tribal planning

Resume

Le Indigenous Planning Division fut cree a l'interieur de la American Planning Association (APA) en 2005 afin d'identifier et de regrouper les specialistes de l'amenagement qui travaillent parmi les tribus indigenes et communautes autochtones. Depuis la mise en vigueur de la...

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