Strengthening the Food System of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara people

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2-7-2022

Abstract

At one point in time, the homelands of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara (MHA) Nation was a regional trade center because of the surplus produce of the MHA people. The impacts of colonization and decades of federal policies negatively affected the food system. The past quarter of a century the Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College has been working to revitalize the practices that had led to their food sovereignty. Dr. Plenty Sweetgrass-She Kills will share the vision of food sovereignty for the MHA Nation that she, her colleagues, and their community partners are working towards together.

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Presenter Bio: Dr. Plenty Sweetgrass-She Kills is an enrolled tribal citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in central North Dakota and is a member of the Maxoxadi (Alkali/Salted Lodge) Clan. She is also descended from the Fort Peck Sioux and Assiniboine Nation in northeastern Montana. She earned her bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from the University of North Dakota, Master's degree in Organismal Biology and Ecology from the University of Montana, and her PhD in Forest and Conservation Sciences also from the University of Montana. She is currently the Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College's Food Sovereignty Director and Senior Research Personnel at the University of Montana.

February 7, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. via Zoom

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