The weekly webinar series is one way. Since 2020, we’ve hosted hundreds of webinars featuring a wide array of topics by Indigenous knowledge holders, cultural specialists, researchers, academics, and educators. These webinars are seen by tens of thousands of people around the world, both live and through our YouTube channel. In July 2025, we hosted a special webinar presentation featuring an original short film and two of our dear friends and colleagues, Hopi educator Lyle Balenquah and author Craig Childs. The film, Glen Canyon Rising, was inspired by a 2024 Cultural Explorations travel seminar by the same name. Laura Brown, Crow Canyon film producer, Lyle, Craig, and the Crow Canyon Cultural Explorations team envisioned bringing important perspectives about Glen Canyon to a larger audience. As Laura explains, “This project came together over the last couple of years during a time when Glen Canyon has been a hot topic in the news…Glen Canyon has a lot of water, and it means a lot to many and has for a long time—many people in many cultures. Now, we have generations of people coming to this place in the last 60-70 years and they have no idea what it is, what it was before, what it is underneath, what the future really holds for this place. So, this is a very big topic.” In the film and subsequent webinar conversation, Lyle Balenquah shares not only the heartfelt connections that Hopi people have with Glen Canyon, but also present-day realities his community faces when it comes to water scarcity, water access, and the future. He reminds us of the Hopi people’s traditional values of sustainability and encourages sustainable use of our land, water, and air. Since the film’s airing, Glen Canyon Rising has had more than 13,300 YouTube views, while the 2024 Glen Canyon travel seminar had 12 participants. We’re grateful to be able to extend the reach of important stories like these to so many people who want to learn and grow. It’s experiences like these —whether on the land or through mediums like film and webinars—that help us expand our knowledge, respect and appreciate cultural heritage, and consider solutions to modern-day challenges. Extending program impact through outreach (Cont’d)
If you haven’t already, you can see the film and recorded webinar on our YouTube channel.
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