The Cultural Conservancy (TCC) originated in 1985 as The Sacred Land Foundation (SLF), an organization created to collect and disseminate […]
Tag Archive for ‘indigenous foods’
Native America Youth and Family Center (NAYA), “Indigenous Gardens and Food Justice,” and the Intertribal Gathering Garden, Portland OR
In the 1850’s, the Oregon state government attempted to empty the area now known as Portland, and 2.5 million acres […]
Black Mesa Water Coalition Green Economy Project, Piñon AZ
After driving half an hour down a dusty red road, we came intoPiñon, a town on the Navajo Nation in […]
Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture, Kykotsmovi Village, AZ
The 1.5 million acre Hopi reservation is located in Arizona, surrounded on all sides by the Navajo Nation. The Hopi […]
Ndee Bikiyaa, “The People’s Farm,” White Mountain Apache Tribe, AZ
The one and a half million acre Fort Apache Reservation in eastern Arizona experiences all four seasons and a variety […]
San Xavier Co-op Farm, Tucson AZ
There four distinct communities that make up the expansive Tohono O’odham Nation; the “main reservation” that houses the capital in Sells, […]
Tohono O’odham Community Action (TOCA), Sells AZ
Tohono O’odham people have relied on the Sonoran desert (in what is now southern Arizona and northern Mexico),as a food […]
Cochiti Youth Experience (CYE), Cochiti Pueblo NM
The Cochiti Youth Experience (CYE) began as a 4-H program 20 years ago. One day in 2008, CYE co-founder Adae […]
Traditional Native American Farmers Association (TNAFA)
Clayton Brascoupe, one of the founders of the Traditional Native American Farmers Association (TNAFA) has lived in Tesuque for 40 […]
Zuni Youth Enrichment Program
The Zuni Youth Enrichment Program (ZYEP) began in part when Dr. Faber, a pediatrician who came to Zuni from Boston, […]
From Garden Warriors to Good Seeds: Indigenizing the Local Food Movement 