FROM A TRIBAL PERSPECTIVE:
annual meeting. A dozen papers were presented by researchers who applied LiDAR in various ways. The final presenter was Theresa A. Pasqual, Crow Canyon Executive Vice President of Indigenous Affairs. As a member of Acoma Pueblo and former director of Acoma’s Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Theresa concluded the symposium with thoughts and ideas for researchers using LiDAR technology.
LIDAR AND INDIGENOUS DATA GOVERNANCE L iDAR point clouds, published by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) 3D Elevation Program, are increasingly being used by archaeologists to identify and document ancestral communities and features at a landscape scale. Since 2021, Crow Canyon has applied GIS visualizations derived from these point clouds to refine how we identify and define settlement patterns, social networks, and changes in social structures through time and space. This work has also prompted conversations around appropriate uses of LiDAR data on ancestral lands by non-tribal entities and the intersections between these large data sets and Indigenous Data Governance. In April 2024, Dr. Susan Ryan, Executive Vice President of Crow Canyon’s Research Institute, organized a symposium titled “LiDAR Research in the U.S. Southwest” at the 90th Society for American Archaeology
2024 ANNUAL REPORT
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