Posted on Dec 9, 2023
With bison herds and ancestral seeds, Indigenous communities embrace food sovereignty
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Behind American Indian Hall on the Montana State University campus, ancient life is growing.
Six-foot-tall corn plants tower over large green squash and black-and-yellow sunflowers. Around the perimeter, stalks of sweetgrass grow. The seeds for some of these plants grew for millennia in Native Americans' gardens along the upper Missouri River.
It's one of several Native American ancestral gardens growing in the Bozeman area, totaling about an acre. Though small, the garden is part of a larger, multifaceted effort around the country to promote "food sovereignty" for reservations and tribal members off reservation, and to reclaim aspects of Native American food and culture that flourished in North America for thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers.
Behind American Indian Hall on the Montana State University campus, ancient life is growing.
Six-foot-tall corn plants tower over large green squash and black-and-yellow sunflowers. Around the perimeter, stalks of sweetgrass grow. The seeds for some of these plants grew for millennia in Native Americans' gardens along the upper Missouri River.
It's one of several Native American ancestral gardens growing in the Bozeman area, totaling about an acre. Though small, the garden is part of a larger, multifaceted effort around the country to promote "food sovereignty" for reservations and tribal members off reservation, and to reclaim aspects of Native American food and culture that flourished in North America for thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers.
With bison herds and ancestral seeds, Indigenous communities embrace food sovereignty
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Montana State University
Food/Chow
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Culture
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Very educational. Thanks.
Glad to see that interest. IMO, the introduction of white, processed flour has done so much damage to the indigenous population. and that is just one of the problems.
BTW, corn, beans, and squash are known as the three sisters, especially here in the southwest. They are often grown together so they can be watered at the same time. The beans grow up the corn stalk while the squash lies around the plants, helping to hold in the water.
Just a little FYI.
Glad to see that interest. IMO, the introduction of white, processed flour has done so much damage to the indigenous population. and that is just one of the problems.
BTW, corn, beans, and squash are known as the three sisters, especially here in the southwest. They are often grown together so they can be watered at the same time. The beans grow up the corn stalk while the squash lies around the plants, helping to hold in the water.
Just a little FYI.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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