Book
Indigenous food sovereignty in the United States : restoring cultural knowledge, protecting environments, and regaining health
Publication Information
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
Physical Description
xvi, 370 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary
"An anthology of essays, written from the perspective of practitioners from around the nation, that both identifies the challenges facing Indigenous communities in revitalizing and maintaining traditional food systems, as well as highlights the inspiring and successful food and health initiatives in Indian country"--
"Centuries of colonization and other factors have disrupted indigenous communities/ ability to control their own food systems. This volume explores the meaning and importance of food sovereignty for Native peoples in the United States, and asks whether and how it might be achieved and sustained. The contributors include scholar-activists in the fields of ethnobotany, history, anthropology, nutrition, insect ecology, biology, marine environmentalism, and federal Indian law, as well as indigenous seed savers and keepers, cooks, farmers, spearfishers, and community activists." --
Contents
- In praise of seeds and hope / Voices from the Indigenous food movement / "You can't say you're sovereign if you can't feed yourself": defining and enacting food sovereignty in American Indian community gardening / Searching for haknip achukma (good health): challenges to food sovereignty initiatives in Oklahoma / Kua'āina ulu 'auamo: grassroots growing through shared responsibility / Alaska Native perceptions of food, health, and community well-being: challenging nutritional colonialism / Health Diné Nation initiatives: empowering our communities / Planting sacred seeds in a modern world: restoring indigenous seed sovereignty / What if the seeds do not sprout? The Cherokee Nation SeedBank & native plant site / People of the corn: teachings in Hopi traditional agriculture, spirituality, and sustainability / Comanche traditional foodways and the decline of health / Bringing the past to the present: traditional indigenous farming in southern California / On intimacy with soils: Indigenous agroecology and biodynamics / Nephi Craig: life in second sight / Indigenous climate justice and food sovereignty: food, climate, continuance