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...
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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…
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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
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?
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
Good afternoon!
This is a reminder that we will be meeting for the first class of the 2024 UNL Indigenous Food Sovereignty Program tomorrow Saturday, January 20th.
Where to meet:
Class will meet from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon in room 280 in the Plants Science Building on UNL’s East Campus (1875 N 38th St., Lincoln 68503). You can enter the building on the north side of the building by the parking lot, and then take the elevator or stairs to the second floor to room 280. Please sign in when you enter the room. Parents/grandparents are welcome to come in and attend the class as well. There is also a map attached.
To bring on Saturday:
* If you are a 2024 student or mentor, please bring with you your social security number (just the number written down, we do not need the actual card) so you can complete paperwork for your quarterly stipend.
This Saturday, you will receive your UNL backpack and classroom supplies including the book “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Kimmerer an Indigenous botanist. We will be reading chapters from the book during the winter months. For this Saturday’s class, we will do the following activities:
* Prayer and Teaching
* Introductions
* Icebreakers
* Clans
* Give-away of UNL supplies
* Introduction of book “Braiding Sweetgrass”
* Lunch and Announcements
See you tomorrow!
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
531-278-2226 (google voice)