Connections: Tribal Food Systems and Indigenous Food Sovereignty will explore Indigenous food systems and implications on land, environment, community and Individual health of Indigenous peoples of North America, pre-contact to present, Indigenous responses to western colonial models of eating and living, challenges to Indigenous food sovereignty initiatives and implications for 'present' understandings of food, food production, and relationships with collective resources such as water, land, and people. Students will be exposed to Indigenous food sovereignty advocates, protectors, and thinkers, as well as, hands on activities along with practical grant writing skills.
3-5 units · Letter (ABCD/NP)
Connections: Tribal Food Systems and Indigenous Food Sovereignty will explore Indigenous food systems and implications on land, environment, community and Individual health of Indigenous peoples of North America, pre-contact to present, Indigenous responses to western colonial models of eating and living, challenges to Indigenous food sovereignty initiatives and implications for 'present' understandings of food, food production, and relationships with collective resources such as water, land, and people. Students will be exposed to Indigenous food sovereignty advocates, protectors, and thinkers, as well as, hands on activities along with practical grant writing skills.