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Coming together with partners can often help stretch valuable resources for a project, but it can also amplify and improve the outcomes of the project itself. 这就是 happened in northeast Nebraska when 十大赌博靠谱网络网址 社区学院 与 奥马哈族, 桑提苏族部落 和 农村事务中心 to get more bang for the buck on a food sovereignty assessment effort.
l land-grant institution since 1994, serves the 奥马哈族 of Nebraska at its Macy Campus, 和 桑提苏族部落 of Nebraska at the Santee Campus. 它还有一个 campus site in South Sioux City, Nebraska, according to Mike 伯杰, 十大赌博靠谱信誉网站 grant writer.
In keeping with its commitment to serve the two tribal nations, 十大赌博靠谱信誉网站 was one of the recipients of grants awarded to 39 Native American tribes and organizations to help them conduct food sovereignty or community food assessments in their various locales, 2016 - 2017年. “第一民族” Development Institute (“第一民族”) provided the grants, totaling nearly $650,000, under its Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative, with generous support from the W.K. 凯洛格基金会和 the Indigenous Peoples Fund of Tides Foundation.
The grant allowed 十大赌博靠谱信誉网站 to partner with the Santee and Omaha tribal governments and programs, 和 农村事务中心 (CFRA) located in Lyons, Nebraska, to carry out activities to encourage community participation in the food sovereignty assessments. 伯杰 is the grant writer for 十大赌博靠谱信誉网站 和 grant manager with the project.
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We serve 170 students at three locations, and have less than 10 faculty members. 是 a very small tribal college and without partnering we couldn't have implemented a 粮食主权项目. We have limited staff, and partnerships with this project greatly expanded our reach into our communities, said 伯杰.
The tribes, 十大赌博靠谱信誉网站 and CFRA first held group and individual discussion groups to talk about the 粮食主权项目s for both tribes, 和 goals of gaining a broader understanding of the current Santee Sioux and Omaha food systems, and how to build interest and support from the communities being served, according to their project 向原住民报告.
Information was shared at several locations in each tribes community, including the Omaha Pow Wow Committee meetings, Omaha Advisory Health Fair, Santee Health Center, 和 Walthill library, to name a few.
Surveys were handed out to community members at various events, and were gone over one to one at some events like the Rosalie Old Settlers Days, Santee Health Center Diabetes 项目 Greek salad cooking class, 和 Omaha tenant education class.
In-Person Activities Important
While social media was used to get initial information out to the communities, it was the activities that were held in person that were the most successful when talking about food sovereignty and getting surveys, which in the end numbered more than 500 participants total for both tribes.
The survey established and identified what we need to address 和 interesting pathways that we are looking at delving into for the delivery of vegetables such as mobile veggie vans and working with the tribes to develop a delivery system for people who request fresh vegetables. At the local grocery store, vegetables are imported, but with a mobile grocery store that could create a market for area farmers, said 伯杰.
The idea of mobile veggie vans would not only provide access to fresh produce, but also fill in the transportation gap that many tribal members experience on both reservations. Even if someone has access to a car,y face an hour or longer drive, one way, just to reach the nearest big-box store. Add on the cost of gas and car upkeep, and this often puts a trip for fresh produce out of the reach for many tribal members.
In addition to creating access to heathier fresh fruits and vegetables, surveys indicated there is a strong interest in revitalizing the growing of traditional foods within the existing community gardens and providing access to traditional foods to community members who cant grow their own.
The communities would like to see a Native seed bank happen, where seeds and roots stocks can be reintroduced. But instead of sending out seeds, keep it in the community 和n they own stock in community, said 伯杰.
Traditional Foods Draw Interest
There were some traditional foods that drew a large interest in terms of learning how to grow or access the foods, and how to prepare the traditional dishes.
Venison, squash and corn were the top three traditional foods requested by survey participants, so for us as a college, were interested in what types of foods the community 会员有兴趣. Its also good for us to find out what local farmers were interested in cultivating, said 伯杰.
CFRA oversees farmers markets on behalf of both tribes 和re is a great interest by both the food producers and consumers to have access to more locally-grown foods. In addition, interest in family or community gardens and container gardens has been on the increase for the past few years in both tribal communities. CFRA与 both tribes and offers garden technical assistance for the challenging growing conditions. In 2017 alone,re were nearly 300 requests for support.
The community gardens have really started taking off. Also, cooking and canning workshops are offered so we can better educate the community on food safety, drying and canning, said Suzi French, Community Food Specialist with CFRA and an Omaha tribal member.
伯杰 添加 that often it is hard for people to imagine that there are food inequities or food deserts in their part of the country, as here were surround by corn, but its 都是牛饲料.
The food sovereignty assessments have already had a great impact on the Omaha and Santee Sioux tribal communities 和 十大赌博靠谱网络网址 社区学院, 伯杰 添加. The assessments now provide the groundwork and direction for further community-developed proposals to address such areas as the seed bank, how the college fits within food sovereignty, 和 overall impact on the health and wellness of all the communities.
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October 26-28th, Adam Kemp and I attended 2016 Mid-America Transportation Center (MATC) UNL的学者项目.
The program allowed us to hear from Native American scholars about their educational journey to achieve their doctorates and gave us the opportunity to network with other students starting graduate programs.
We learned steps to follow when transferring colleges, scholarship opportunities, internships, and strategies to achieve in school.
We also took a tour of the UNL engineering college facilities, as well as Memorial
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