Join the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association in partnership with the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail for this one-hour webinar to learn how geotourism can benefit tribal tourism development initiatives.

The webinar will explore the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail’s Geotourism Plan and its inclusion of tribes.

Guest speakers will dive into the history of the trail and showcase how existing tribal tourism cultural attractions adjacent to the Trail are attracting visitors.

Also learn about the Confluence Project, Inspired by the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, where tribal leaders partner with local tourism industry leaders to build up Indigenous voices that connect the history, ecology and living cultures along the Columbia River Gorge.

Speakers:

Bruce Rettig, Travel Writer, AIANTA (moderator)
Dan Wiley, National Park Service
Confluence Project
Jason Morsette, MHA Nation

Agenda:

Introduction to AIANTA and the Lewis and Clark Project (5 minutes)
Bruce Rettig, AIANTA

The History of the Lewis and Clark Trail and Tribal Tourism (10 minutes)
An overview of the geotourism project and opportunities for partnership based tribal tourism development and growth
Dan Wiley, NPS

Circle of Tribal Advisors (10 minutes)
History and impact of the Circle of Tribal Advisors

Confluence Project (10 minutes)
History and current program offerings and impact how it took the Lewis and Clark Historic Trail and used art and local tribes to take a contemporary look at history, cultures and places
Confluence Project

Geotourism Case Study (10 minutes)
How the Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation is building tourism within their territory utilizing a broad range of tourism assets
Jason Morsette, Special Projects Manager, MHA Nation

Q & A; (10 minutes)

AIANTA is happy to welcome celebrated architect JohnPaul Jones (Oklahoma Choctaw/Cherokee), the visionary behind such projects as the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian (Washington D.C.), the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum (Palm Springs, Calif., pictured above) and the Institute of American Indian Arts (Santa Fe, N.M.).

Mr. Jones will discuss his approach to Native American planning and design centered around the Four Worlds. The presentation will explore tribal tourism development including the Native Natural World, Animal World, Spirit World and the Native Human World: “We are people of our places and natural landscapes, and we know everything from the beauty or our land, we know the dirt, water, air, sky, seasons, plants – and we have good stories to tell about each area.

This webinar is presented as part of a partnership-based project between the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail and AIANTA to tell the stories and to develop a tribal place name map of the Southern Arizona, Southern California, Central California and Northern California tribes associated with the trail.

Speakers:

Naomi L. Torres, Superintendent, Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail

Johnpaul Jones, FAIA. Jones and Jones Architects, Landscape Architects and Planners

During this one-hour webinar, AIANTA will moderate a panel discussing steps that destinations and businesses can take to plan for reopening, while maintaining the safety of their communities.

Panelists:

Melvin Juanico, Operations Manager, Sky City Cultural Center & Haak’u Museum 

Seleni Matus, Executive Director, the George Washington University International Institute of Tourism Studies and instructor of Tourism Resilience for the Cultural Heritage Tourism Professional Certificate Program

Talia Salem, Principal of The Urban Nomad and instructor of Tourism Marketing for the Professional Certificate in Cultural Heritage Tourism

Join AIANTA in partnership with the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail for this one-hour webinar. Learn how to restart and reimagine your cultural tourism product and also learn more about tourism marketing opportunities for your tourism enterprise and/or destination.