Colonial Archives, Indigenous Accountability: Mapping the Past to the Present

This session examines the tools and methods behind Grist’s award-winning Indigenous Affairs series "Misplaced Trust" and "The Human Costs of Conservation." These projects, sourced directly from colonial archives and institutional data collections, provide rare opportunities to blend underappreciated and complex histories with public policy to produce stories that aim for justice and public awareness. This presentation showcases their research process, datasets, and mapping methodology and explains how these projects can foster impactful, cross-border investigations and multi-newsroom partnerships.