Doctoral candidate, Annita Lucchesi joined Danielle Orr in studio for the KHSU Magazine to talk about her work locally and the Sovereign Bodies Institute. Lucchesi graduated with a BA in Geography from UC Berkeley in 2012 and received her MA in American Studies from Washington State University in 2016, bringing her to research interests in Indigenous and critical cartography, Indigenous feminisms, postcolonial geographies and Indigenous research methodologies. Annita maintains one of the largest databases of cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada and the United States. The data is used not only in her own work, but is also made available to tribal advocates, activists, policy makers, service providers and community leaders. You may explore the Seventh Generation Fund as well for continued education and information. For inquiries regarding the MMIWG Database, please email mmiwdatabase@gmail.com
Articles
Lucchesi, Annita. ""Indians Don't Make Maps": Indigenous Cartographic Traditions and Innovations." American Indian Culture and Research Journal, forthcoming.
Lucchesi, Annita. “Mapping the Pathways of Murdered Indigenous Womens’ Lives, and the Colonial Geographies that Shaped Them.” Gender, Place, and Culture, forthcoming.
Lucchesi, Annita, and Abigail Echo-Hawk. "Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls: A Snapshot of Data from 71 Urban Cities in the United States." Urban Indian Health Institute, 2018.
Lucchesi, Annita. “Mapping for Social Change: Cartography and Community Activism in Mobilizing Against Colonial Gender Violence.” Mapping Meaning 2 (1), 2018: 14-21.