{"id":8413,"date":"2024-07-09T12:06:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T17:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourplanbproductions.com\/gmiintest\/?page_id=8413"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:50:02","slug":"garden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yourplanbproductions.com\/gmiintest\/plan-your-visit\/garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Gardening and Food Sovereignty Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Indigenous Gardening and
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The museum\u2019s new Indigenous Gardening and Foodways Initiative promotes traditional ecological knowledge and aims to revitalize Great Lakes Indigenous food systems.<\/h4>\n
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What are Indigenous Foodways?<\/h2> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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For us, Indigenous foodways are a means of community building and bringing people together through food production, cultivation, and sharing meals while passing on cultural teachings. Reconnecting with Indigenous foodways is a way for the Native community to heal from the impact of Federal policies of forced removal and assimilation, leading to separation from ancestral lands and disconnection from traditional ecological knowledge and practices.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Major Activities<\/h2>\n

Garden Expansion<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Indigenous Medicine and Pollinator Garden will be expanded to include regional food crops, educational signage, and an outdoor traditional teaching lodge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Teaching Kitchen Space<\/strong><\/p>\n

A commercial kitchen space will be built to host and sustain hands-on Indigenous foodways education programs and support local Indigenous chefs in sharing regional cuisines with the public.<\/span><\/p>\n

Exhibit<\/strong><\/p>\n

An exhibit will highlight Indigenous agricultural practices, historical factors that disrupted lifeways, and Great Lakes Indigenous communities\u2019 efforts to restore their ecosystems and reclaim sustainable foodways.<\/span><\/p>\n

Educational Programming<\/strong><\/p>\n

Offer educational programs, resources, and tours that correlate with our new food crops\u2019 growing and harvest seasons so that the public, schools, and the Native community can learn the value of Indigenous ecological knowledge and access our gardens to put traditional techniques into practice.<\/p>\n

CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Garden Manager Camille at\u00a0camille.billie@gichigamiin.org<\/a><\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Impact<\/h2>\n