Indigenous Design Camp co-founder Sam Olbekson has worked on projects like the Minneapolis American Indian Center.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Can architecture be a realistic career path for Indigenous students? Sam Olbekson and Mike Laverdue think it can, though Olbekson estimates that he may be one of less than two dozen licensed Indigenous architects in the U.S.
To introduce the subject to Native youth, the two men began the Indigenous Design Camp, which has now finished its second year.
Throughout the week of camp, students tour indigenous architecture projects, learn about design concepts and build their own creations, such as drawing and modelling their own scale sleeping spaces with cardboard, combining them...
