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Native American tribes and communities are creating formal programs that focus on their traditional foods to not only combat systemic food insecurity, ...

“I think the biggest thing is that [Indigneous food is] medicine, but it's also medicine in the sense that it's connecting people to their culture,” Blackwood said. “They've been developed over thousands and thousands of years and tailored and localized to each of the areas that we're from. Since that fateful foraging trip, Blackwood has devoured every piece of information she could find on indigenous farming and foraging. “That's another big part of Indigenous farming is that you understand that all these are living things,” Blackwood said. “Before, I had this internal issue where I was like, ‘Oh, I'm too white to do this. The market offers products from local vendors to traditional foods like Quapaw red corn and bison. The Quapaw Nation in Oklahoma has been at the forefront of building food sovereignty programs. You help them, they help you.” “But it’s only recently that you see more formal organizations such as non-profits led by Indigenous people explicitly stating that’s part of their work.” I like to think that my ancestors are proud of me for doing this.” The impact of those efforts by early settlers on Native Americans hasn’t faded into the past. In 2019, she and her team created the Quapaw Farmers Market after finding that people were having trouble accessing fresh food in the region.

Vodafone and Three have confirmed that mobile services in the Headford area will remain disrupted while repairs continue to antennas that were damaged ...

Customers to these and other mobile services in this area have had limited or no coverage due to this damage and it was also confirmed that vital hardware needs to be installed. Vodafone and Three have confirmed that mobile services in the Headford area will remain disrupted while repairs continue to antennas that were damaged recently.

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (KFOR) – A woman who was cleaning out her home in Midwest City stumbled upon a terrifying find. The woman was going through the ...