Nice to be involved. I am an Indigenous Chef living in British Columbia. I am interested in protecting bio-diversity and come to this website seeking various maps mostly environmental in nature. I believe in reconstructing our planting, farming and dwelling framework to balance the ratio of planted earth to human populated areas. I seek connections to others who are engaged in this way.

Really interested to learn about innovative approaches to integrating geospatial technology as it relates to First Nation land and resource management!

My Bio!
Cheryl Recollet was born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario and is a member of Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve located on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron. Cheryl is currently working for Wahnapitae First Nation as the Environmental Coordinator.
In her role as Environmental Coordinator, Cheryl is responsible for implementing and monitoring environmental components of mining relationships; coordinating environmental community initiatives such as the Environmental Management Framework, Land Use Planning, Ecological Land Classification, Waste Diversion Strategy, environmental monitoring, and water source protection; managing traditional knowledge data collection methodologies; overseeing the implementation of robust geographic information systems.
Cheryl has recently graduated from the McGill University/United Nations Environment Program Master of Science Program (MSc) in Environmental Assessment. Her graduate research was titled First Nation Decision Making Authorities: Examining Opportunities for Inclusion within the Environmental Assessment Framework. Her program at McGill was a unique program that included a 500-hour internship which she completed with the Cree Regional Authority (CRA) which represents nine Cree communities in Northern Quebec and has their own Environmental and Social Protection Regime detailed within the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (1975).
Cheryl has completed undergraduate studies at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. She successfully obtained an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography, an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology and completed a certificate in Applied Geography. Prior to Laurentian University, Cheryl graduated from Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology in which she obtained a Diploma in Native Lands Management, a program that highlighted the jurisdictional challenges often associated with First Nation land bases. Throughout her academic career, Cheryl has been fortunate to gain employment experience in varying capacities within First Nation communities in Ontario. She has been involved in First Nation policy development, strategic plan development, comprehensive community planning initiatives, land-use planning, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge methodologies.

Hi everyone,

I'm here for a few reasons. I used to do Traditional Land Use and mapping work for First Nations in BC and Alberta. Currently I'm doing a PhD down in New Zealand, and I'm hoping to look at the ethnoecological knowledge held by Indigenous elephant handlers in India. The idea is to do Use and Occupancy mapping of elephants in the area via the understandings held by Adivasi mahouts. I figure there's good people who come here, and good resources here as well.

Kierin Mackenzie
PhD Candidate
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, NZ

My name is Pano Skrivanos and I am the GIS Coordinator for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. The biggest reason I visit the AMN is to keep up-to-date on happenings (events, issues, jobs, etc.) within the specialized field of aboriginal mapping.

Hello All - My name is Larry Gilbertson. I'm the Senior Scientist at the Quinault Indian Nation Department of Fisheries. I am interested in this website and its participants because I appreciate the insights that come from seeing distributions of cultures, resources, and values at boundaryless, landscape levels. In addition, my Department has a large amount of current and historic resources data to organize in GIS formats so I'm always looking for new ideas and organizational schemes.