Tsyunhehkw^ (“life sustenance” in Oneida, pronounced Joon-heh-kwa) is a culturally based community agriculture program run by the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, […]
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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 […]
Little Earth Urban Farm, Minneapolis MN
Nestled up against the Hiawatha Ave sound wall in a Minneapolis neighborhood famous for it Native American residents, the Little […]
Mashkiikii Gitigan Medicine Garden, Minneapolis MN
The Mashkiiki Gitigan (Ojibway for “medicine garden”) was the brain child of the 24th Street Urban farm Coalition, a group of staff […]
Slim Buttes Agricultural Project, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD
Much of the media around Pine Ridge focuses on the poverty, suicide, alcoholism and poor life expectancy. While Pine Ridge is […]
Cultural Conservancy, San Francisco and Novato CA
The Cultural Conservancy (TCC) originated in 1985 as The Sacred Land Foundation (SLF), an organization created to collect and disseminate […]
Bishop Paiute Elders Community Garden and Aquaponics Project, Bishop CA
The next town over from the Big Pine Paiute are the Bishop Paiute Tribe, in Bishop CA. With 2,000 enrolled […]
From Garden Warriors to Good Seeds: Indigenizing the Local Food Movement 