- Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program

Reciprocity with Bees
by Louise Lynch-O'Brien 24 Feb '24

24 Feb '24

Good afternoon! Thanks everyone for participating in today’s bee-focused session. Attached, please find the slides I used for the presentation – the colored afterimage slides are in there if you wanted to try that again. The bee houses are looking great – you will see these again in the Hoop garden, where we will be able to observe who takes up residence in them. As I mentioned today, I wanted to send a friendly reminder that I am always happy to chat and/or answer questions about college – entomology or otherwise, UNL or otherwise. Hopefully everyone who was interested in a hard copy of the solitary bee habitat and bumble bee publications received one. They are also available online. Here are the links: * Creating a Solitary Bee Habitat (Free PDF): https://extensionpubs.unl.edu/publication/9000016369591/creating-a-solitary… * Conserving Bumble Bees ($5 online… if anyone really wants one, I can track a couple down): https://marketplace.unl.edu/extension/ec1587.html Have a beautiful day and rest of your weekend! 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 Connect with Dr. L’s Civic Entomology Lab & Partners entomology.unl.edu<http://entomology.unl.edu/> civicentomologylab.unl.edu<http://civicentomologylab.unl.edu/> nebraskaonehealth.unl.edu<http://nebraskaonehealth.unl.edu/> ticktaggo.unl.edu<http://ticktaggo.unl.edu/> communitysciencene.unl.edu<http://communitysciencene.unl.edu/> nativecoalition.unl.edu<http://nativecoalition.unl.edu/>

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Feb 24 Class Meets in Plant Sciences Hall
by Skylar Falter 23 Feb '24

23 Feb '24

Hello everyone! I hope you had a nice class last Saturday learning about traditional foods and indigenizing food choices. Where we will meet: This week we will be meeting in the Plant Sciences classroom on the second floor. Before Class: Please read Chapter 5 of Braiding Sweetgrass on Asters and Goldenrod (skipping ch 4 for now). Please make notes / reflections in your journals. We will be discussing this Saturday together in class. What we will be doing: * 9am Cultural Teaching at Plant Sciences: Chapter 5 Asters & Goldenrod * 10:30am Activity at Plant Sciences with Louise - learning about and building habitat for native prairie bees! * 11:30/noon Lunch See you on Saturday! Skylar [University of Nebraska – Lincoln] Skylar Falter Program Coordinator Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program<https://nativecoalition.unl.edu/indigenous-youth-food-sovereignty-program> University of Nebraska–Lincoln Tribal Extension Office

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Feb 17th Class Starts at Plant Sciences
by Skylar Falter 16 Feb '24

16 Feb '24

Hello students! I hope you are enjoying this spring-like weather - my goodness - the sun feels so good! The garden season is so close - In a couple weeks, we will be starting thousands of seeds together 🙂 Where we will meet: This week we will be meeting in the Plant Sciences classroom on the second floor. Friendly reminder that attendance is really important! In order to receive your stipends, each student needs to attend 70% of the classes each quarter. Before Class: There is no reading assignment this week - enjoy being outside! What we will be doing: * 9am Cultural Teaching at Plant Sciences: We will have a guest speaker coming to talk about traditional foods of the Omaha Nation * 10:30am Greenhouse Activity with Louise - learning about and building habitat for native prairie bees! * 11:30/noon Lunch Have a lovely week, Skylar

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Feb 10th Class Meets at Plant Sciences Hall
by Skylar Falter 09 Feb '24

09 Feb '24

Hello students! Here is some important information about class this Saturday. Ted will be back! We look forward to seeing you! Where we will meet: This week we will be meeting in the Plant Sciences classroom on the second floor. Before Class: 🌻 Indoor Garden Activity: * Before class, I invite you to think about these questions as we start planning the garden this week! * Do you have any favorite plants? * Do you prefer fruits or vegetables? * What fruits or vegetables interest you? To grow? To taste? * Do you prefer perennial or annual plants? * What are some culturally important plants/foods to your family? * What are your favorite meals - what are some ingredients that come from plants? * What are your favorite colors? 📕 Please read Chapter 3 of Braiding Sweetgrass The Gift of Strawberries before class and write down some of your thoughts and reflections in your notebook. Some questions to help get you started: * Have you ever received a homemade gift? How did it feel to receive it? Did you feel a deeper relationship or sense of responsibility to this homemade gift to a store bought one? Why or why not? * How in our modern world, can we find our way to understand the earth as a gift again? * What happens to our perception and connection to the world when we feel the natural world is communicating with us? Do you remember a time where you felt spoken to by the wind? The birds outside your window? The sun's rays shining on your face? How does this change your relationship with the world? What we will be doing: * 9am Cultural Teaching: The Gift of Strawberries. We will start out with the cultural teaching from this week's Braiding Sweetgrass chapter. * 10:30am Indoor Classroom Activity: Garden Planning! Then we will have some time vision out the garden for this year, what we want to grow, and how we want to design it. * 11:30/noon Lunch Happy growing, Skylar [University of Nebraska – Lincoln] Skylar Falter Program Coordinator Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program<https://nativecoalition.unl.edu/indigenous-youth-food-sovereignty-program> University of Nebraska–Lincoln Tribal Extension Office 5312782226

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Program Facebook Group & Book Left Behind
by Skylar Falter 04 Feb '24

04 Feb '24

Hello everyone! Have you all found cozy new spots for your succulents? It was really fun to get to know these plants more, what they like, and how they grow - how neat that they can propagate (grow new plants) just from a single leaf. Two things for today... * You and your parents can join our Facebook Group: Parents and students are both welcome to join our private Facebook group where we share updates from our Saturday class, garden tips, and more!: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.facebook.com/groups/298729175783366… * Braiding Sweetgrass book left in classroom. Did you leave behind their Braiding Sweetgrass Book? Please get in touch, let's see if we can get it back to you before class! One was left by a table near the front of the room and has some highlighting. Skylar [University of Nebraska – Lincoln] Skylar Falter Program Coordinator Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program<https://nativecoalition.unl.edu/indigenous-youth-food-sovereignty-program> University of Nebraska–Lincoln Tribal Extension Office

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Class Saturday February 3 Begins in the Greenhouse!
by Skylar Falter 02 Feb '24

02 Feb '24

Hello everyone, I enjoyed welcoming everyone to the greenhouse last Saturday and exploring seeds - the elements they need to survive (do you remember some?) and their beautiful diversity (so many shapes, sizes, and colors!). How is your bag with the corn and bean seed? Do you notice any changes? *If you remember, please bring your bags back to class this week and we will see what is happening!* Where we will meet: This week we will be meeting at the Entomology #3 Greenhouse on East Campus at 9am. It is just a few blocks north of Plant Sciences Hall off of 38th Street. Click here to see the location of the greenhouse on a map<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/maps.apple.com/?ll=40.834794,-96.665059&…> or look at the attached PDF map. After the greenhouse, we will walk back to Plant Sciences Hall. If you need help finding the greenhouse, please call me at 531-278-2227. Before Class: Please read Chapter 2 of Braiding Sweetgrass The Council of Pecans before class and write down some of your thoughts and reflections in your notebook. Some questions to help get you started: * Where do you see gifts of abundance around you? * What wisdom can we learn from pecan trees? * What characters, stories, or ideas from this chapter stood out to you? * What did you learn from this chapter? What we will be doing: * We have special guests this week - Liz and her team at Grateful Growers<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAM72cY2ezAjX5… > will meet us at the greenhouse * We will be getting to know succulents more and what they need to survive / why do they look the way they do? * We will be playing in the soil to make new homes for these succulents * Classroom Cultural teaching: The Council of Pecans * Lunch Happy growing, Skylar [University of Nebraska – Lincoln] Skylar Falter Program Coordinator Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program<https://nativecoalition.unl.edu/indigenous-youth-food-sovereignty-program> University of Nebraska–Lincoln Tribal Extension Office

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Re: Hoop Program: A special note to alumni students
by Skylar Falter 01 Feb '24

01 Feb '24

Thank you for letting us know! She is welcome to join even for just a single weekend if she’d like during the warmer months in the garden. Do you want me to keep you on the email list or take you off? (You can always email me if you decide you’d like to come on a random Saturday!). Up to you. Skylar Falter Program Coordinator Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program<https://nativecoalition.unl.edu/indigenous-youth-food-sovereignty-program> University of Nebraska–Lincoln Tribal Extension Office ________________________________ From: noella.george(a)tstech.com <noella.george(a)tstech.com> Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2024 9:38:55 AM To: Skylar Falter <sfalter(a)unl.edu>; indigenousyouthfoodsovereignty(a)lists.unl.edu <indigenousyouthfoodsovereignty(a)lists.unl.edu> Subject: RE: Hoop Program: A special note to alumni students Caution: Non-NU Email [cid:image001.png@01DA54F2.76B0FBA0] Noella George HR Administrator Tri-Con LTD (Stamping) 4020 NW 36TH Street, Lincoln, NE 68524 Direct Dial: 531-333-7855 Phone: 402-470-3454 ext 60213 Fax: 402-470-3502 E-Mail: noella.george(a)tstech.com<mailto:noella.george@tstech.com> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail From: Skylar Falter <sfalter(a)unl.edu> Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2024 9:34 AM To: indigenousyouthfoodsovereignty(a)lists.unl.edu Subject: [Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program]Hoop Program: A special note to alumni students Good morning! We have a special note to alumni students of the Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program: During the winter months, we are asking that all alumni students of the program wait to attend class until the garden opens in the spring. Due to the limited space in the greenhouse and limited finances for lunches, we are limiting the class to new students and their families enrolled in the 2024 program. When the weather turns, we welcome everyone to participate in the community garden! We are working on something for alumni students to stay involved and connected with each other and an alumni garden program. Spring is just around the corner! Skylar [University of Nebraska – Lincoln] Skylar Falter Program Coordinator Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program<https://nativecoalition.unl.edu/indigenous-youth-food-sovereignty-program> University of Nebraska–Lincoln Tribal Extension Office

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Hoop Program: A special note to alumni students
by Skylar Falter 01 Feb '24

01 Feb '24

Good morning! We have a special note to alumni students of the Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program: During the winter months, we are asking that all alumni students of the program wait to attend class until the garden opens in the spring. Due to the limited space in the greenhouse and limited finances for lunches, we are limiting the class to new students and their families enrolled in the 2024 program. When the weather turns, we welcome everyone to participate in the community garden! We are working on something for alumni students to stay involved and connected with each other and an alumni garden program. Spring is just around the corner! Skylar [University of Nebraska – Lincoln] Skylar Falter Program Coordinator Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program<https://nativecoalition.unl.edu/indigenous-youth-food-sovereignty-program> University of Nebraska–Lincoln Tribal Extension Office

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See you at the greenhouse tomorrow at 9am!
by Skylar Falter 26 Jan '24

26 Jan '24

Hello everyone, I am excited to introduce you to the folks growing in the greenhouse! We will be exploring seeds and their teachings. We will spend about an hour in the greenhouse before heading over to the classroom to talk about our reflections from Braiding Sweetgrass Chapter 1: Skywoman Falling and enjoying lunch. Please bring your journals with any reflections from this week's chapter - what stood out to you? Robin Kimmerer says...Winter is a time for storytelling. What stories do you enjoy hearing in the winter? Where we will meet: This week we will be meeting at the Entomology #3 Greenhouse on East Campus at 9am. It is just a few blocks north of Plant Sciences Hall off of 38th Street. Click here to see the location of the greenhouse on a map<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/maps.apple.com/?ll=40.834794,-96.665059&…> or look at the attached PDF map. After the greenhouse, we will walk back to Plant Sciences Hall (where we met last week). *If tomorrow is your first class, please bring your social security number to complete the paperwork for your stipend. Skylar Cell: 531-278-2226 [University of Nebraska – Lincoln] Skylar Falter Program Coordinator Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program<https://nativecoalition.unl.edu/indigenous-youth-food-sovereignty-program> University of Nebraska–Lincoln Tribal Extension Office

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Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Class - January 27th - Meeting at the Greenhouse
by Skylar Falter 24 Jan '24

24 Jan '24

Good morning, everyone! I enjoyed meeting those who attended our first class last Saturday. We introduced ourselves, learned more about the program, and enjoyed a nice meal together. This week we will continue to grow our relationships - with each other - with plants - with insects. Where we will meet: This week we will be meeting at the Entomology #3 Greenhouse on East Campus at 9am. It is just a few blocks north of Plant Sciences Hall off of 38th Street. Click here to see the location of the greenhouse on a map<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://maps.apple.com/?ll=40.834794,-96.665059… > or look at the attached PDF map. After the greenhouse, we will walk back to Plant Sciences Hall (where we met last week). Before Class: Please read Chapter 1 of Braiding Sweetgrass Skywoman Falling before class and write down some of your thoughts and reflections in your notebook. Some questions to help get you started: * What characters, stories, or ideas from this chapter stood out to you? * What was surprising to you? * What did you learn from this chapter? * What gifts do you feel you can offer Mother Earth? What we will be doing: * Getting acquainted with the greenhouse - learning about the tools and equipment available - seek and find game! * Meeting some plant relatives * Meeting some animal life in the greenhouse - the little ones (arthropods)! * Cultural teaching: Skywoman Falling * Lunch Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. Skylar [University of Nebraska – Lincoln] Skylar Falter Program Coordinator Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program<https://nativecoalition.unl.edu/indigenous-youth-food-sovereignty-program> University of Nebraska–Lincoln Tribal Extension Office

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