#IMC: September 14 - 18 2025

Reimagining historical and repeat photographs for Indigenous land use planning

Assigned Session: FS 3.127: Mountain futures – Assessing challenges and co-producing solutions to mountain-social-ecological futures

Abstract ID: 3.13134 | Accepted as Talk | Requested as: Talk | TBA | TBA

Claire Wright (1)
Bill, Snow (2); Eric, Higgs (1)

(1) University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, V8P5C2 Victoria, CA
(2) Stoney Tribal Administration, 40 Morley Rd, T0L 0E1, Mînî Thnî, Alberta, CA

Categories: Culture, Ecosystems, History, Remote Sensing
Keywords: Indigenous land management, Repeat photography, Historical archive, Spatial analysis, Place naming

Categories: Culture, Ecosystems, History, Remote Sensing
Keywords: Indigenous land management, Repeat photography, Historical archive, Spatial analysis, Place naming

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Over the last four years, members of the Iyarhe (Stoney) Nakoda Nation and the Mountain Legacy Project have collaborated on repurposing a colonial photographic archive to support Indigenous resurgence. Through archival research, a systematic collection of high-resolution historical (1861 to 1958) images has been used to reinforce Stoney ties to the lands around present-day Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Combined with repeat photographs showing the landscape as it is today, the images provide a powerful testimony of change and urge us to look to a future of Indigenous-led land management. In this presentation we will report on several applications for historical and repeat photographs including: youth and Elder engagement; place naming; and landscape change analysis using custom software tools developed at the University of Victoria.

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