Len Necefer, Ph.D., is the CEO and Founder of . Len has worked for the U.S. Department of Energy, the NASA Glenn Research Center, and most recently the University of Arizona. His storytelling focuses on the intersection of Indigenous people, the environment, and human powered movement through landscape.
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We鈥檙e witnessing a monumental shift in federal land management
On June 21, the BLM, U.S. Forest Service, and Five Tribes of the Intertribal Coalition signed a cooperative management agreement for Utah鈥檚 Bears Ears National Monument. It marks a shift in our history at a time when we鈥檝e never needed to collaborate more.
Native scholar weighs in on the United Nations鈥 suggestion that Indigenous knowledge might help us survive the climate disaster
A few years ago, I was a vocal proponent of the outdoor industry incorporating Indigenous land acknowledgments as standard business practice. As it鈥檚 become more common, my perspective has evolved.
The more we learn an incomplete fairytale of Indigenous peoples and our history in this country, the more we perpetuate acts of ethnocide, like the ones we鈥檝e seen in recent weeks in southern Utah
For most Americans, the naming of a secretary of the interior is of little consequence. However, as a Navajo man, who holds this position has defined much of my life, and the recent appointing of Deb Haaland marks a groundbreaking moment.
Brands need to do more to prove they're using this imagery in a respectful way鈥攁nd hiring Indigenous people to design it