Diné Elders, Food Sovereignty, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Gabi James, Echo Hertzberg, and Bronwyn Pappas-Byers Introduction   From scorched earth techniques of burning indigenous gardens to agroforestry systems and the mass slaughter of buffalo in the center of so-called North America, food has been a tool of American

Undamming the Klamath: More than Restoring River Flow

by Haylee Backs & Nicoletta Dinelli     The Klamath River Basin area runs from so-called Southern Oregon southwest through so-called Northern California until the river feeds into the ocean. The river itself flows through the land of the three

Simultaneous Exploitation of Indigenous Women and Land

By: Willow Parchment, Samirah Aziz, Sari Gubar, and Priscilla Kendall According to Amnesty International (2016:49), the homicide rate for Indigenous women and girls in Canada is at least 6 times higher than the national average. These appalling statistics signal massive structural

Food sovereignty as a way of overcoming colonialism in Inuit food systems

By Lisa Smart and Taylor Worthington “Hunting is what saved the Inuit from starvation…For this reason, the Inuit never forget the value of food.” These are the words of Inuit activist Lessee Papatsie (Del Bello 2017). Although food has always

Listening to Traditional Ecological Knowledge to Reimagine Vassar’s Relationship with Land and Other Beings

By Jake Mier, Jake Kaplan, and Sonia Santos   “…Native people were the first ecologists, as the mythologies, understandings, and technical knowledge were always directly tied to specific ecologies, or specific regions, plants, and animals. The knowledge base itself becomes

The Wilderness Myth and Climate Change Lessons from the Blackfeet Nation

By Perri Goodman and Abby Whittington         PC: https://www.earthtrekkers.com/best-things-to-do-in-glacier-national-park/   Dr. Rosalyn La Pier, of the Blackfeet Tribe in Montana, has spoken on the idea of wilderness as both a myth and a construct that misconstrues America’s