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Resources Related to Sustainability & Eco-Cultural Restoration

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Feb 3 2010
Indigenous Food Coooperatives - Indigenous Diet Challenge
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The Indigenous food cooperatives initiative was suggested by 3 Indigenous women at the 2009 BC Food Systems Gathering, as a mutual challenge to revitalize bioregional or local Indigenous food systems, security and sovereignty, by supporting, revitalizing or recreating Indigenous hunting, fishing, gathering, farming and trade practices in our local areas.

Dawn Morrison
Generations and Youth, Health, Sustainability, Protection and Direct Action, Responsibility and Relationships, Eco-cultural Restoration, Economics, Bioregional Economics, Household Economics
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Jan 27 2010
Hunting the Elusive Wapato
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Women are leading a revival of First Nations' staple foods. To get lucky, you have to get mucky. With my feet twisting in the mud of a frigid river, I have already lost the festive socks that were a Christmas gift from my mom. Now the river bottom is turning to quicksand beneath my bare feet. I sink slowly at first, then slip swiftly from waist-deep until the water is nearly at my neck. The water is so cold that it is crusted with ice along the shore, and I know I can't last much longer.

Dawn Morrison
Nutrition, Environment, Sustainability, Protection and Direct Action, Eco-cultural Restoration
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Jan 25 2010
B.C. Food Systems Network Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty Final Report
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The purpose of this project was to engage Aboriginal communities in discussions that would enable individuals and groups involved with food related action to explore and identify ways that the B.C. Food Systems Network (BCFSN) - Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty (WGIFS) can support their work on increasing food security.

Dawn Morrison
Land Access/Distribution, Land Management, Land Title and Rights, Generations and Youth, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Food Related Illness and Disease, Sustainability, Conservation Ecology, Protection and Direct Action, Responsibility and Relationships, Eco-cultural Restoration, Economics, Community Economics, Bioregional Economics
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Jan 25 2010
1st Annual Interior of B.C. Indigenous Food Sovereignty Conference Final Report
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Since the time of contact with non Indigenous settlers in the southern interior of B.C. many traditional Indigenous harvesters including hunters, fishermen, and gatherers from the Ktunaxa, Nlaka’pamux, Secwepemc, St’at’imc, Syilx, and Ts’ilqotin nations have repeatedly expressed concern about the declining health and abundance of culturally important foods in our respective traditional territories. Therefore, the Interior of B.C.

Dawn Morrison
Land Access/Distribution, Land Management, Land Title and Rights, Generations and Youth, Elders, Adults, Youth, Infants and Children, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Lifestyle, Food Related Illness and Disease, Sustainability, Conservation Ecology, Protection and Direct Action, Responsibility and Relationships, Eco-cultural Restoration, Economics, Economic Values, Household Economics
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Jan 11 2010
Cultural Indicator's of Indigenous Peoples Food and Agro-ecological Systems
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Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to contribute to the development, collection and use of cultural indicators of Indigenous Peoples’ food and agro-ecological systems for policy, planning and advocacy purposes.
Audience: The intended users of this paper are Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations (IPOs), Government departments responsible for data collection and statistics, UN agencies, NGOs, and other development actors.

Dawn Morrison
Land Access/Distribution, Land Management, Land Title and Rights, Health, Environment, Lifestyle, Sustainability, Conservation Ecology, Responsibility and Relationships, Eco-cultural Restoration, Economics, Economic Values
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