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End Plant Bigotry: The Challenge of Medicine Gardens At Schools & Institutions
Discussing the challenges of creating Native American food and medicine gardens in institutional spaces such as schools, the tension between Indigenous gardening methods and the ingrained notion of what looks “pretty” rooted in unnatural practices based on historically European aristocratic demonstrations of wealth and power.
Boozhoo! Why “Eagle’s Nest” Is Our Name
Anakwud Migizi indizhinikaaz. Ajijaak indoodem. Bejo Gitchiigaming indoonjibaa. Bejo Gikaabikong indaa noongoom. For those of you who didn’t understand the above, that was a traditional Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) protocol greeting. I gave you my name, my clan (Ajijaak, or Crane), where I’m from (near Lake Superior) and where I live now (near Minneapolis, Minnesota). I was […]