indigenous farming conference agenda 2013
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10 th Annual Great Lakes Indigenous Farming Conference Agenda 2013
Schedule of EventsMonday, March 4th
4:00 pm Arrival6:00 Ojibwe Teaching and blessing– Shannon Martin6:30 DINNER in Dining Hall
7:00 Warm up traditional step dancing and jigging with Caroline Chartrand
Tuesday, March 5th
8:00 am BREAKFAST in Dining Hall8:30 Morning Blessing – Mike Dahl
Welcome and Conference Overview - Winona LaDuke(9:30-1:45) Youth sessions - Check Youth Agenda Sheet for details.
9:15 – 10:15 Morning Presentations I:A: Seed Saving Techniques - Rowen WhiteB: Nutrition in Native Corn Varieties - Frank Kutka and Walter GoldsteinC: Season Extension and Solar Heated High Tunnel - Dallas Flynn
10:15 – 10:30 BREAK10:30 – 12:00 Morning Presentation II:
A: Passive Solar Winter Greenhouse Construction & Use– Carol Ford, Chuck Waibel, Sue Wika, Tom Prieve B: Make your own Salve and Tobacco – Workshop with Terri LaDuke C: Homestead Economics and Saw Milling – Robert Alexander and Irvin Hershberger
12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH 1:00 – 1:30 Keynote Feature
Connecting Our Urban Community to Health through Food and Farming – Sammie Ardito Rivera
1:30 – 2:30 Afternoon Presentations I:A: Restoring Endangered Seeds Initiative - Steve Dahlberg and Frank KutkaB: Connecting Our Urban Community to Health through Food and Farming – Sammie Ardito Rivera and the Dream of Wild Health Youth LeadersC: Harvesting Edible Wild Mushrooms – Kelly Larson
2:30 – 3:30 BREAK: Enjoy Maplelag! SEED SWAP in dining area.
3:30– 4:30 Afternoon Presentations II:A: United Tribes Agroecology Extension Program - Gardening is Food Sovereignty in Action – Colette WolfB: Food is Medicine - Linda Different CloudC: Goat Milk Production – Workshop with Sue Wika and Tom Prieve
4:30 – 4:45 BREAK4:45 – 5:30 Afternoon Presentations III:
A: B: Reprise - Make your own Salve and Tobacco (may go to 6:00pm)– Workshop with Terri LadukeC: White Earth Reservation Agricultural Development – Dawn Kier
5:30 Seeds of the Seneca – In Dinning area. Onandowaga Haudenosaunee farmer Phil Seneca6:00 DINNER7:00 – 8:00 Evening Presentation/Activities:
A: Star Gazing – Indigenous Star Knowledge as it relates to Planting and Harvesting with Michael Price from the Leech Lake Tribal College. We will talk inside talk then go outside if it is a clear sky!Corn Necklace Making – with Lolly AguilarMen’s Moccasin Game – Mike Dahl
8:00pm MOVIE - Queen of the Sun.
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Wednesday, March 6th
8:00 am BREAKFAST(9:30 - 1:45) Youth sessions – Check out Youth Agenda Sheet for Details.
9:00 – 10:15 Morning Presentation I:A: Decolonizing Anishinaabe Diet Project - Martin ReinhardtB: Chequamegon Farm to School program – Amorin MelloC: Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture and Lifeways - Shannon Martin
10:15 – 10:30 BREAK
10:30 – 11:45 KEYNOTE PresentationGrowing Power - a non-profit organization and land trust providing equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe, and affordable food, especially in disadvantaged communities. - Erika Allen
12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH 1:00-1:30 Keynote Feature:
Ahkawaapamankwike, Ahkawaapamelankwiki-kati (If we take care of them, they will take care of us) Dormancy and reawakening of Indigenous seeds, language, and knowledge. - Scott Shoemaker
1:30 - 2:30 Afternoon Presentations I:A: Restoring our Traditional Foods to Improve Community Health: A Collegiate American Indian Student Garden Experience- Tracy PetersonB: About our Sustainable Community in the Lakota Nation - Ahan Hehaka SapaC: Ethnobotany Project: Native Seeds at the Science Museum of Minnesota - Scott Shoemaker
2:30 - 3:30 BREAK: Enjoy Maplelag! SEED SWAP in DINING AREA
3:30 – 4:45 Afternoon Presentations II:A: Mobile Farmers Market & Great Lakes Producer Network - Dan CorneliusB: Seed Cooperatives and Protecting Native Seeds from Patenting - Rowen WhiteC: Lost Lake Pastured Poultry & Protecting Heritage Poultry Breeds - Andy Hayner and Kelly Larson
4:45 – 5:00 BREAK
5:00 - 6:00 Afternoon Presentations III:A: Farm to School Resource and Information – Marleen WebbB: Soil Health and Soil Building - Adam Woltjer and Heather DoseC: SEED SWAP in Dinnig area
6:00 DINNER and Music6:45 Hand Drum Songs with Martin Reinhardt – In Dining area
7:15 on Evening Activities:Cree and Metis Step Dancing - Caroline ChartrandHow to Turn Your Ordinary Shampoo into an Herbal Shampoo - Estella YuengCorn Necklace Making – Lolly Aguilar
8:00pm Film: Economics of Happiness – a project of the International Society for Ecology and Culture.
Thursday March 7th
8:00 am BREAKFASTMorning Presentations:
9:00 – 10:00 A: Native American Maize - Abdullah JaradatB: Keepseagle Tax Workshop – Dan CorneliusC: Why Ancient Wheats May Be of Interest to You – Frank Kutka
10:30 - 11:30 Anishinaabe Farming Curriculum - White Earth Land Recovery Project-Winona LaDuke11:45 Closing Prayer12:00 LUNCH and Departure