Food Sovereignty: Bringing Equitable Food Practices to the Table

Karyn Kameroff | Program Coordinator Pathways to Healing
Tanna Engdahl | Cowlitz Tribe Spiritual Leader
Mercedes White Calf | SW WA Advocacy Coordinator
Teresa Montana | Executive Director Wisdom of the Elders, Inc.

"Food Sovereignty: Bringing Equitable Food Practices to the Table"

"Soberania Alimentaria: Llevar Practicas Alimentarias Equitativas A La Mesa"​​​

• "Food Sovereignty"

  Participants will explore local food systems that work with our communities to regain the distinct nature of our own food supply system that is sustainable, eco-friendly and honors the land that grew the food. Participants will also learn about the different local, grassroots efforts working to mitigate food insecurity and increase access to healthy, culturally relevant foods.

• Call To Action

  • Take the lead of the 29 Tribes on land stewardship and integrate it into local land use policies

  – The City of Vancouver Climate Emergency Action Plan
  – Clark County Comprehensive Growth Management Plan
  – Clark County Conservation Areas Acquisition Plan

  • Connect with your local landscape

  • Donate to the organizations represented here today

  –Pacific Islander Community Association (PICAWA)
  – Cowlitz Tribe Community Wellness Garden
  – SW WA League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

  • Support the Federal Child Nutrition Act

  • Build relationships with land stewardship organizations

• Follow Up Materials

  • Slide Deck from PICAWA

  • PICAWA Sovereignty Farm Videos from their Facebook Page

  • Slide deck from Cowlitz Tribe and NW Tribal Food Sovereignty Coalition

  • Slide deck from LULAC

  • LULAC Video – The Hands that Feed

  • Websites:

  – Cowlitz Indian Tribe on Instagram
  – NW Tribal Food Sovereignty Coalition Website and Facebook

  • Books:

  – Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  – Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the United States, by Devon A. Mihesuah

  • Cookbooks:

  – Indigenous Home Cooking- Menus Inspired by the Ancestors by the Indigenous Food Lab in collaboration with Valerie Segrest
  – The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, By Sean Sherman

  • Workshop:

  – Being an Ally in Indian Country

  • Article:

  –A New Relationship: Yakama Nation acquires Inaba Produce Farms near Wapato

  • Ted Talks:

  – Food sovereignty: Valerie Segrest from the Muckleshoot Tribe near Puget Sound.
  – The (R)Evolution of Indigenous Foods with Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge reservation