- Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program

May 11 garden plan PLUS volunteer opportunity
by Molly Phemister 08 May '24

08 May '24

Hello relatives, our plant friends in the field look good, and our plant friends in the greenhouse would like to go out to the field! Some of them will be able to go to our garfen with us this Saturday. Let's begin at the greenhouse, but plan to mostly be in the field. The irrigation is on and we do not have enough mulch, so it will be a bit gummy on our shoes, please dress accordingly. We also have a wonderful opportunity this weekend to have a representative from each clan join me at a Senior living facility on O Street near 66th to tell them about our program, and to donate two or three dozen of our plants to their own gardening efforts. We will select what goes to them together Saturday morning, and then take them over after lunch. See you Saturday! Molly

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Pick up on 5/4 will be Plant Sciences
by Molly Phemister 04 May '24

04 May '24

Good morning, in case I don't catch you at drop off, I wanted to let you know that we will be ending the morning over at Plant sciences, which is where the students met commonly at the very beginning of the year. Although a picnic lunch in the field is Usually a delightful way to end, it is wet windy and cold out there, so we will be having lunch over at Plant sciences hall. Thank you! Molly

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Saturday is in the Garden
by Molly Phemister 01 May '24

01 May '24

Hello! We missed you last week. Hopefully all that was in turmoil last weekend has been set to rights now? Many thanks to all of you for your flexibility last weekend. The plants you seeded a few weeks ago and looking great! Are you excited to get them in the ground? This weekend we will begin in the greenhouse, working with our clans to make some very specific plans for the season. We'll select a few plants in there to come out to the garden with us, then walk over to the gardens, pin down our irrigation, and get some things in the ground- both the plants we selected, and hopefully some direct seed too. There may be some early weeds to take care of, so please plan to get dirty- long pants, closed toe shoes. We will also be discussing the excerpt Louise directed our attention to last weekend, so please plan to come with intention to listen to each other and make observations. (from Louise's note last weekend: "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?”) See you soon, Molly

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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

Trying this out Molly

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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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March 23rd Class Details - Welcome back!
by Louise Lynch-O'Brien 29 Mar '24

29 Mar '24

Greetings! We hope you had a lovely spring break. We are looking forward to starting things up again and meeting you tomorrow. If you cannot attend tomorrow, please email me and Ted. We will be doing some walking between location, so please dress warmly for a 10-minute walk outside. Where we will meet: This week we start in the greenhouse and have class / lunch in the Dinsdale Learning Center. * We will begin class in the greenhouse this week to start some additional seeds. We have several plants lined up for this. We may need to pot plants that are too crowded as well. * We will make quick work of this so that we can walk over to the Dinsdale Learning Center (the library on East Campus) where we will meet with Dr. Gabriel Bruguier and Dr. Toni Anaya. They have a fun, interactive and important session set up to help you research traditional foods with credible information sources. If you can, bring along a traditional food from your tribe that you would like to research. If you can’t think of one, ask a family member. * We will have lunches ready for you at the Dinsdale Learning Center. Before Class: Try to think of a traditional food from your family that you can research. There is no reading assignment this week, but by all means, keep reading the book! We will continue to weave in chapters when we can. Schedule for what we will be doing: * 9am: Meet at the greenhouse to check on your plants, start some more seeds and pot plants that need additional room * 10:20 am: Walk to the Dinsdale Learning Center * 10:30 AM: Research traditional foods with Drs. Bruguier and Anaya * 11:50/noon: Lunch & Pick Up 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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