The Community Garden

Features

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  A Fresh Plot for Indigenous Food Sovereignty at Cankdeska Cikana Community College

  Heidi Ziegenmeyer

  Through a variety of outreach programs and services, CCCC is connecting with the local community and improving food security.

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  Este Mvskokvlke Em Vye Cvpofuce: The Mvskoke Cultural Community Garden

  Mekko Tyner

  The College of the Muscogee Nation is educating students about traditional gardening and incorporating corn into its general education assessment of student learning.

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  Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Community: The Aaniiih Nakoda College Demonstration Garden and Greenhouse Project

  Manuel Morales and Scott Friskics

  Aaniiih Nakoda College is promoting healthier lifestyles, sustainability, and self-sufficiency through a dynamic, community-based land grant extension program.

Editor's Essay

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  Indigenous Regeneration

  Bradley Shreve

  The Pawnees and other Indian peoples were once master gardeners. Today, tribal colleges are working to revitalize Indigenous horticulture and secure Native nations’ food sovereignty.

Current Reflections

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  Joe McDonald on the Passage of the 1994 Land Grant Act

  Bradley Shreve

  The longtime tribal college leader looks back on how TCUs became designated as land grant institutions.

Voices

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  The Healing Garden

  Latonna Old Elk

  Caring for a garden can be about more than food sovereignty. Little Big Horn College’s extension director shares her personal story of loss and healing.

Talking Circle

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  Indigenous Sustainability at College of Menominee Nation: Lessons from the Past, Learning for the Future

  Christopher Caldwell

  The forest has sustained the Menominee people since time immemorial. Now, the College of Menominee Nation is working to conserve forest resources for future generations.

Resource Guide

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  The Community Garden: A Resource Guide

  Brian McGinness

  A compilation of sources on food sovereignty and Indigenous horticulture.

Research

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  Building a Tribal Extension Program with Community Engagement: A Case Study

  Hallie Casey

  Navajo Technical University strives to build community capacity, improve food sovereignty, and promote local horticulture. This original case study examines the efficacy of those efforts.

TCJ Student

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  Homing In

  Vivian Mary Carroll

  I fly, silver wings above clouds, tracking yesterday through winds tuned to stellar frequency— laughter like water, ama, ripples beside a bank of bowing willows.

Dear Readers

• Time to Choose Priorities, Stay Focused

  Rachael Marchbanks

  The first three months of the year is our busiest quarter. One event we look forward to in the spring is the annual American Indian Higher Education Consortium Student Conference.

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