Storytelling & Community Engagement
Tribal case studies, community voices, and examples of brownfields reuse to strengthen outreach, build collaboration, and highlight how Tribal nations are transforming lands and strengthening their communities.
Resources: Storytelling & Community Engagement
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Resilience and Restoration: Alaska Tribal Brownfields on Screen AND Golovin, Alaska (TLEF 2023
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Brownfields in the Bering Strait: The Story of the Golovin Fish Plant
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Effective Outreach Strategies for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, TLEF 2024
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From Remediation to Restoration - A Tar Creek Story, TLEF 2024
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The Five Sandoval Day School: Trials of the Tribal Brownfields Process, TLEF 2025
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Rebuilding the Reservation Land Base: The Lac du Flambeau Band Brownfield Redevelopment Program, TLEF 2025
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Effective Outreach Strategies for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, TLEF 2024
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Golovin Report: Field Observations & Design Ideas for Brownfield Redevelopment & Community Building
Restoring Néške'emāne
Since the 19th century, Native American children were sent to boarding schools designed to “Kill the Indian… Save the Man”, destroying Tribal languages, cultural values, practices, and traditions through assimilation. In Oklahoma, generations of Natives were educated through the Concho Indian School from 1871 to 1984. The abandoned school buildings have remained for 40 years, riddled with toxins that have leached into the community. Restoring Néške’emāne follows environmentalist Damon Dunbar who has a dream of restoring the land, preserving tribal history, and honoring the attendees of the Concho Indian School in order to speak truth to history.