From April 14-16, indigenous food producers and chefs from all around the Great Lakes region gathered at the Oneida Nation […]
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12th Annual Indigenous Farming Conference, White Earth Reservation, MN
On March 6-8 over 250 participants gathered at the Maplelag cross-country ski lodge on the White Earth Reservation for the 12th Annual […]
Food Is Our Medicine, Seneca Nation, New York
“Food is Our Medicine” is a phrase commonly used by naturopathic healers and Native people expressing the need for a […]
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 […]
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 […]
From Garden Warriors to Good Seeds: Indigenizing the Local Food Movement 