“Food is Our Medicine” is a phrase commonly used by naturopathic healers and Native people expressing the need for a […]
Archive for January 2015
Wild Rice: Spirit Lake Native Farms, Fon du Lac Reservation, MN
While the focus of this project has been Native community farming and gardening projects, you can’t talk about indigenous food […]
Whirling Thunder Organic Farm, Ho-Chunk Nation, Wisconsin
Located on what was once a llama ranch, and then a beef ranch, the goal of the Ho-Chunk Education Department’s […]
Tsyunhehkw^, Oneida Nation, Wisconsin
Tsyunhehkw^ (“life sustenance” in Oneida, pronounced Joon-heh-kwa) is a culturally based community agriculture program run by the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, […]
Bad River Gitiganing Community Garden and Other Food Systems Projects, Wisconsin
According to Bad River tribal Chairman Mike Wiggins, “every Indian walking around in Bad River is an unbelievable food producing […]
Mdewakanton Wozupi, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, MN
The amazing suite of food-related projects in the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) got its start when a tribal health […]
Dream of Wild Health, Hugo MN
Dream of Wild Health is a 10 acre non-profit farm in Hugo MN, about 45 minutes north of the Twin […]
White Earth Land Recovery Project, Minnesota
For the past 25 years, the White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELP) has been working to not only recover land […]
From Garden Warriors to Good Seeds: Indigenizing the Local Food Movement 