Skylar Begay and Indigenous Land Conservation

In this episode co-hosted by Dr. Davina Two Bears, Eva Bighorse, and Dr. Farina King, Skylar ("Sky") Begay shares insights from his life and work with Conservation, Native representation in new spaces, the Great Bend of the Gila, Save History, Archaeology Southwest, LandBack, and the Conservation Corps (specifically ancestral lands conservation corps). Sky identifies as an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and is also Mandan and Hidatsa. He grew up in the Navajo Nation and in Flagstaff, Arizona. He currently resides in Tucson, Arizona where he works as the Director of Tribal Collaboration in Outreach in Advocacy for Archaeology Southwest.

Additional Resources and Links:

-Skylar Begay biography webpage on Archaeology Southwest: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/team/skylar-begay/

- Main Respect Great Bend website: https://www.respectgreatbend.org/

 - The Respect Great Bend Story Map: https://story.respectgreatbend.org/

 - Respect Great Bend linktree: https://linktr.ee/GreatBendOfTheGila

 - Main Save History Website: https://savehistory.org/

 - cyberSW, online archaeological database: https://cybersw.org/

 - Another podcast with more detail on the Great Bend of the Gila: https://bit.ly/GreatBendGilapodcast

 - A recent segment on Phoenix Channel 12 news about the effort of the Great Bend of the Gila: https://bit.ly/PhoenixChannel12GBG

 - Arizona Conservation Corps: https://azcorps.org/

 - Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps: https://ancestrallands.org/