Indigenous Food Systems Network

The Indigenous Mapping Network is a group of Indigenous Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping technicians that help native organizations, governments, and small non profits create compelling maps that affect policy.

They'll have a conference in June in Washington. That looks interesting.

If you want to learn about community mapping tools, or need some GIS analysis done. Then contact the group.

Follow this link to visit 91.1 Secwepemc Radio website for a podcast that includes background information on colonization and how it relates to what the food sovereignty guru - Vandana Shiva says at her talk in Kelowna in 2009. Background information and recording done by Rebecca Kneen and Illona Trogub.

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.