Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative

10/23/2025

08/26/2025

We're sharing one of our favorite recipes in honor of Indigenous Food Sovereignty Day - Nwidgeko Nyew - Four Sisters.

Recipe by Jody Gzhadawsot Mattena, Citizen Potawatomi Nation
link to recipe:http://bit.ly/4mmGs6T

08/26/2025

04/14/2025

04/10/2025

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11/14/2024

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09/04/2024

08/28/2024

Come see us at the WilCo Pow Wow at the Wilson County Fairgrounds on September 28th.

We will be serving a cool Mnomen salad that we know you'll enjoy.

Mnomen is wild rice that's sacred to the Anishinaabe people for many many reasons. This batch was harvested by the Red Lake Ojibwé in Minnesota and as always, harvested honorably and sustainably.

Come by our booth to have a taste and learn more about Mnomen and the importance of food sovereignty for Indigenois people and communities. You can also purchase an Indigenois cookbook, Gbaten Neshnabe, written by BossLady Anish, Bodéwadmí, Citizen Band Potawatomi.

08/28/2024

Shiloh Maples is an Anishinaabe seed keeper, educator, and community organizer who has dedicated over a decade of work to Indigenous food sovereignty and justice. Since receiving her degree in social work from the University of Michigan with a focus on community organizing, her work has continuously centered around food systems and food justice. After graduating, she partnered with the Native community in Detroit to start a food sovereignty initiative called the Sacred Roots program. This program focused on creating space and opportunities for Indigenous people to practice and preserve their ancestral foodways in an urban landscape. She went on to work in Indigenous food sovereignty at the national level for the Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance, serving as both a seed network coordinator and program manager to support seed sovereignty work. Shiloh is currently a visiting scholar with the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS) at Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum.

In the linked conversation, Shiloh discusses her career in food sovereignty, her current research, seed rematriation, and her relational worldview of native and non-native species: myumi.ch/qVEy3

Image description: Shiloh Maples smiles while standing among growing corn