Moderator: Heather Dawn Thompson, Director, Office of Tribal Relations
Hopi Dry Farming
The speaker will discuss restoration of the American Indian Food System based on the stewardship principles of Indigenous conservation, focusing on the practice of Hopi dry farming, a practice of his people for millennia.
Speaker: Michael Kotutwa Johnson, Assistant Specialist, Indigenous Resiliency Center, University of Arizona, Hopi Tribe of Arizona
Food Sovereignty (Slides (PDF, 5.8 MB))
The speaker will discuss indigenous foodways and the wisdom of those who first developed the use of native plants both as sustenance and as medicine.
Speaker: Linda Black Elk, Educational Programming and Community Engagement Leader, North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems
Buffalo Harvest and Grassland Management
The speaker will discuss how a small herd of bison and a vision to heal 1,000 acres of battered ranchland nearly 30 years ago succeeded in regenerating over 300,000 acres of grassland, promoting the traditional knowledge of tribal communities through market practice.
Speaker: Colton Jones, Sourcing Manager, Wild Idea Buffalo