Ancestral infrastructure has been deliberately excluded from conversations. There has been an unlearning of these histories, even though Indigenous People have created the oldest man-made structures on Earth," said Julia Watson, Author of LoTEK Design by Radical Indigenism, during the opening general session of the ASLA 2024 Conference on Landscape Architecture in Washington, D.C. This Native American Heritage Month, support a historic call to action to co-create a future that heals land and water. The call was launched during the general session by Watson, Lyla June Johnston, the Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning, and Design (ISAPD), and ASLA and its Biodiversity and Climate Action Committee. It outlines three key strategies:- Respect Indigenous Knowledge- Empower Future Generations- Help build an Indigenous landscape architects network of ASLA members and work in collaboration with groups like ISAPDRead more in ASLA's THE DIRT: https://bit.ly/4hYpKZEImage Credit: Built by the Tofinu, the city of Ganvie meaning we survived floats on Lake Nokou surrounded by a radiating reef system of twelve thousand acadja fish pens. / Iwan Baan, courtesy of Julia WatsonIndigenous 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 Architec