Walkability in Indian Country
What is Walkability and why does it matter?
What is Indian Country?
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI): the term “Indian Country” is leveraged broadly as a general description of Native spaces and places within the United States, and it is inclusive of the hundreds of tribal nations that occupy these spaces... When used appropriately, Indian Country takes on a powerful meaning, legally and symbolically, for all tribal nations. Indian Country is wherever American Indian spirit, pride, and community are found. It resides not only in law books, legislation, and historical treatises, but also on ancestral homelands, within our homes, and in the hearts of American Indian and Alaska Native people everywhere.
Sources: BIA, U.S. Census Bureau
What is Walkability?
What is Walkability?
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Results of Survey
Link to ArcGIS Survey 123
Walking In Indian Country
A virtual map tour
Jamestown S'Klallam
Olympic Discovery Trail
Jamestown S'Klallam
Olympic Discovery Trail, Sequim Bay
Jamestown S'Klallam
Olympic Discovery Trail, Sequim Bay
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
Western Washington
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
Bus Shelter
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
Graveyard Corner at Tribal Complex
Nez Perce Tribe
Tribal Complex
Nez Perce Tribe
Lapwai High School
Shoshone-Pauite Tribes
Duck Valley Reservation (Owyhee Combined School)
Shoshone-Pauite Tribes
Duck Valley Reservation
Albuquerque, New Mexico
BIA headquarters
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Pond walking trail
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Sidewalk safety project
Pawnee Nation
Walking Trail
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Prairie Peoples Park, artist: Hardy Eteeyan
Seneca Nation
Allegheny River
Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
Thames River
Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
Fort Shantok Park
Why Walking Matters
HEALTH: PHYSICAL ~ MENTAL ~ SPIRITUAL ~ SOCIAL
PHYSICAL HEALTH (source: CDC 2018)
Mental ~ Social ~ Spiritual
I walk because I want to keep walking.
Why Walking Matters in Indian Country
Why don't people walk?
- Time constraints
- Disability, chronic conditions, aging
- Community design
- Others?
Tribal Communities & Values
- Design Communities and Streets that Support Walking
- Promote Program and Policy Approaches that Support Walking
Land Use - Recreational Walking
MVTO Walking Trail (Eufaula, Oklahoma)
Land Use - Purposeful Walking
Okemah Pedestrian Bridge (Okemah, Oklahoma)
Land Use - Walkability Plan
How to Improve Walkability
Resources
Source: runningmedicine.org (used with permission)
Tribal Transportation Program
- Established in 2012 (23 U.S.C. 202) - replaced Indian Reservation Roads program
- § 202. Tribal transportation program (a) Use of Funds (1) In general (A)(v) provisions for pedestrians and bicycles
Complete Streets
Living somewhere involves a physical merging with its landscape, with every crevice of its environment.
~Gael Faye from Small Country