April 2024 - Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program

Saturday Morning Class Cancelled
by Louise Lynch-O'Brien 26 Apr '24

26 Apr '24

Good evening! I hope this finds everyone well and safe. Because of weather forecasts tomorrow in the late morning and early afternoon, our Saturday morning class is cancelled. This is a great opportunity to spend some time with your copy of Braiding Sweetgrass. Please read the Maple Sugar Moon chapter, pages 63 – 71. After reading, please consider a question that Dr. Kimmerer (the author) asks: If we think about the earth bestowing us with a responsibility to harvest her gifts in honorable ways, how might you reimagine the production of natural resources in your area?” We’ll chat about your responses next week. Have a beautiful day! Kind regards, Louise Louise I. Lynch-O’Brien (she/her/hers) Assistant Professor of Insect Biology & Insect Science Program Coordinator, Nebraska One Health Extension Coordinator University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Entomology ENTO 109E, Lincoln, NE 68583-0816 llynchobrien(a)unl.edu<mailto:llynchobrien@unl.edu> Call/text: 402-327-1574

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Saturday morning, 4/27
by Molly Phemister 26 Apr '24

26 Apr '24

Hello, everybody! At this moment, the Saturday morning forecast looks clear, but I expect the field will be MUDDY. Please wear shoes and pants that can get muddy, really muddy, and please dress warmly. It will feel colder than you expect in the field this weekend. Good news: we're planting! We will begin in the garden pinning down the irrigation tubing and giving each clan time to make a starter plan for their plantings, then we'll walk over to the greenhouse and select our plants to take to the field, pause briefly to take care of a few other tasks, and then walk back over to the garden to do the actual planting. We'll finish up with a "mini-field trip" down the hill to visit some plant relatives that voted themselves onto campus and learn a bit about their important role in many of the indigenous cultures of the great plains (elders are welcome for the whole day, but may be particularly interested in this portion.) Then lunch and communing together: community building matters. Molly PS- yes, if the morning becomes rainy, we may make a collective decision to retreat to the greenhouse and work in there instead. Gardens do not like to be walked on in the rain.

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by Molly Phemister 25 Apr '24

25 Apr '24

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IYSFP Saturday April 20, 2024
by Louise Lynch-O'Brien 19 Apr '24

19 Apr '24

Hau Relatives! We’re looking forward seeing you all tomorrow morning. We will meet in the greenhouse at 9 AM to work on transplanting some of our plants. I think you’ll notice quite a bit of growth since you were last there. We will then head over to the garden and lay out our mulch pathways. Lunch will be in the garden as well. Here’s a gentle reminder of where we each are in our medicine wheel garden design: * Bear Clan – North * Sunflower Clan – South * Turtle Clan - East * Elder Clan – West It’ll be a little chilly tomorrow morning - low to mid 40s – please wear some layers so you are warm enough when we are outside. Also – the UNL Intertribal Exchange is holding its Annual Honoring of the Graduates Pow Wow on City Campus. Grand Entry is at 1 PM. Honoring of the Graduates is at 3 PM. Visitors are asked to bring their own chairs. See the attached image for more information. Kind regards, Louise [A poster for a ceremony Description automatically generated] Louise I. Lynch-O’Brien (she/her/hers) Assistant Professor of Insect Biology & Insect Science Program Coordinator, Nebraska One Health Extension Coordinator University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Entomology ENTO 109E, Lincoln, NE 68583-0816 llynchobrien(a)unl.edu<mailto:llynchobrien@unl.edu> Call/text: 402-327-1574

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Saturday's Class
by Theodore Hibbeler 12 Apr '24

12 Apr '24

Hau Mitakuyapi, I am glad that you chose to be buffalos last Saturday because buffalos don't shy away from adversity or storms; they head straight into it, and they circle around their young and elders to protect them when trouble is about. They are one of our natural teachers. As for this Saturday, we are going to be at the garden nourishing it with nutritious compost. Please wear long old pants, old shoes and an old shirt for Saturday. Before we do that, we will be making an offering of tobacco to the garden site for gratitude and good health along with a prayer. As Indigenous people, we have always been a prayerful people with a spiritual relationship with our grandmother earth (unci maka). Let's continue that tradition. Last Saturday, the Bear Clan chose the North Direction, the Sunflower Clan chose the South Direction, and the Turtle Clan chose the East Direction of the Garden to grow their food. I am going to create the Elder Clan to take care of the West Direction. So, the Medicine Wheel is complete. Take care, relatives. Pilamaya, Ted (La La) [https://ucomm.unl.edu/images/email-signature/Nebraska_N_RGB_small_on_white.…] Ted Hibbeler (Lakota) Tribal Extension Educator University of Nebraska-Lincoln Tribal Extension Office 3110 North 40th St Lincoln NE, 68506 Cell: 402-906-0439

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Saturday's Class
by Theodore Hibbeler 05 Apr '24

05 Apr '24

Hihanni Was'te Mitakuyapi, I hope you and your families are safe and well. We will be doing the following activities at tomorrow's class: 9:00 - 10:00 - At the greenhouse transplanting seedlings into larger pots to get them ready for our Farmers Market at the Lincoln Indian Center. 10:00 - 10:15 - Walk to classroom. 10:15 - 11:30 - Work in clans to design the garden site. We will use the medicine wheel design, and each clan will be given a direction to determine what they want to grow in it. We will also talk about making an offering (tobacco) at the garden site the following Saturday. What does that mean? 11:30 - 12:00 - Eat lunch. I want to say Wopila (thank you) to all the students who were at class last Saturday. You had an opportunity to learn a little about research and your traditional tribal foods. You can talk with me about that tomorrow in class. Finally, let me remind you of the Buffalo and the Spider story and the teaching that goes with it...accepting help on helps terms. Students, are you the Buffalo or the Spider? Let's find out. I hope to see you at the greenhouse tomorrow at 9:00 am. Take care. Wopila, Ted (La La) [https://ucomm.unl.edu/images/email-signature/Nebraska_N_RGB_small_on_white.…] Ted Hibbeler(Lakota) Tribal Extension Educator University of Nebraska-Lincoln Tribal Extension Office 3110 North 40th St Lincoln NE, 68506 Cell: 402-906-0439

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