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APA National Peer to Peer Exchange

November 16, 2026
3:00PM - 4:00PM CST

virtual (Zoom)

Share experiences and hear from your peers about the impacts of rapid change and a shifting federal landscape.

Indigenous Methodologies for Sustainable and Resilient Planning and Design Practices

November 19, 2026
12:00PM - 1:30PM CST

CM 1.5, SR 1, Eq 1

virtual (Zoom)

Indigenous planning and design vary across Native Nations and regions, reflecting each group or area’s distinct relationships to lands, histories, governance structures, and cultural practices. The discussion will express how Indigenous methodologies can help communities and planning policy navigate uncertainty by offering holistic, sustainable approaches and design practices for addressing complex challenges. The session, taking place during Native American Heritage Month, will include presentations from Indigenous planners and scholars, as well as a brief facilitated panel discussion and a Q&A. Speakers will introduce a range of applied and conceptual approaches, emphasizing and re-centering long-term relationship building; collective and place-based knowledge; community agency; and culturally appropriate, environmentally adaptive practices. They will also discuss how planners and designers can build meaningful, respectful partnerships with Native Nations and Indigenous communities, and what conventional planning can learn from Indigenous planning practice.