Indigenous Peoples were the first landscape architects of this continent, said Lyla June Johnston, during the opening general session of the ASLA 2024 Conference on Landscape Architecture in Washington, D.C. We have been stewards of this land and made it beautiful and edible. We fed the Earth instead of just letting it feed us.Johnston is an Indigenous Artist, Musician, Scholar, and Community Organizer of Din (Navajo), Tstshsthese (Cheyenne), and European lineages. She was a co-presenter in the session with Julia Watson, Author, LoTEK Design by Radical Indigenism; Principal, Julia Watson llc; and Co-founder LoTEK Institute. During their session, Watson and Johnston, the Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning, and Design (ISAPD), and ASLA and its Biodiversity and Climate Action Committee launched a historic call to action: Co-create a future that heals land and culture. They were then joined in conversation with Jose de Jesus Leal, ASLA, and Paul Fragua with MIG. Read more in ASLA's THE DIRT: https://bit.ly/4hYpKZEImage Credit: Bison in Yellowstone National Park / Fokusiert, https://bit.ly/3b1VhfW