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The Indigenous Community Garden

Méku! Members of the Virginia Tech Indigenous Community Garden work in this space to nurture and tend to heirloom crops and seeds tied to their communities’ traditional ecological knowledge. The garden is meant to be dedicated to the food systems restoration of Yesáh (Tutelo-Saponi) communities, including the Monacan Indian Nation

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Photo Taken by Dr. Melissa Faircloth. Native@VT members tilling the soil. 2018.

Native & Indigenous Foodways

Read the full article about Indigenous Community Guided Foodways Within and Across Landscapes

“Knowledge tied to the land is so important. When the forest was our primary grocery store, we did not suffer from food insecurities like many people do today.  Hunting, gathering, and gardening sustained our people and grew healthy populations.”

-Victoria Ferguson (Enrolled Citizen of the Monacan Indian Nation and Program Director of Solitude/Fraction at Virginia Tech)

 

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