History

Anjelica S. Gallegos, Charelle Brown, and Summer Sutton at the
Yale School of Architecture. Photo: Michael A. Hernandez. 

In August of 2018, three Indigenous women in architecture met for the first time at the Native American Culture Center at Yale University. They recognized the unique alignment of being female Indigenous students attending the Yale School of Architecture while achieving different academic programs. Collectively, the three women saw the need for an understanding of historical and contemporary Indigenous space in practice and in academia. Independently, each academically focused on the design and research of different aspects of Indigenous architectures and ultimately developed a collective space for these architectures to be critiqued and discussed. In September of 2018, the Indigenous Scholars of Architecture, Planning, and Design at Yale (ISAPD Yale) was founded by Charelle Brown (Kewa Pueblo), BA in Architecture ’20; Anjelica S. Gallegos (Santa Ana Pueblo/Jicarilla Apache), MArch I ’21, and Summer Sutton (Lumbee), Architecture PhD ’22.

ISAPD Yale Chapter official website:  

https://campuspress.yale.edu/isapd/ 

ISAPD - Center for Architecture Lab Residency website:

www.centerforarchitecture.org/digital-exhibitions/exhibition/center-for-architecture-lab-indigenous-scholars-of-architecture-planning-and-design-isapd/