GALACTIC (Global Arts Language Arts Cultural Traditions In Indigenous Communities)is rooted in local historical and contemporary Indigenous knowledge systems and practices to connect to the always evolving global world. In virtual and face-to-face settings, GALACTIC foregrounds cultural practitioners, traditional knowledge carriers, artists, healers, cooks, storytellers, social organization and institution builders and cultural policy activists to further decolonization and to envision and create futures of justice, development, and security in peace. Indigenous global networking and Indigenous Global Studies (IGS) are the organizational and institutional frameworks that we pursue as we implement this project. We are developing IGS as a degree-granting undergraduate program, situated at a Tribal College in the United States and an Indigenous higher education institution abroad, with curricula at the intersection of arts, Indigenous knowledge, cultural heritage policy, peacemaking and social justice. Indigenous global cultural exchange is a key component for GALACTIC to carry on Indigenous knowledge.

Authors:
Kayla Jackson, Diné College, United States

About the Presenter(s)
Kayla Jackson, MFA is an art leader from the community of Round Rock, AZ. Located in the heart of the Navajo Nation. A professor of photography at Diné College and Grant Manager. Ph.D candidate at the University of Kentucky in Arts Administration.

Additional website of interest
https://www.dineart.org/

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