Maps and Meanings

Presented by Natchee Barnd

Recorded on March 11, 2021

This talk focuses on helping educators think more critically and deeply about maps and space and further contextualize the Geography of Indigenous Oregon portion of the Oregon Historical Society’s Experience Oregon curriculum. The goal is to better understand what maps tells us, how they reflect and create our worlds, and identify how they can mislead us. The presentation will center discussion on Indigenous geographies in relation to maps and map making.

Natchee Barnd is an associate professor of Ethnic Studies and Native American Studies at Oregon State University. Dr. Barnd earned his degrees from UC San Diego, UCLA, and Sonoma State University, with pit stops at the University of New Mexico and the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. He is a comparative and critical ethnic studies scholar interested in the intersections between ethnic studies, cultural geography, and Indigenous studies. Dr. Barnd’s research focuses on issues of race, space, and Indigenous geographies. He is the author of Native Space: Geographic Strategies to Unsettle Settler Colonialism (2017), and numerous articles and chapters. He is working on a new book called People’s Guide to PDX and Beyond.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Oregon Heritage Commission and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, and by the PGE Foundation.