{"product_id":"indigenous-food-sovereignty-in-the-united-states-restoring-cultural-knowledge-protecting-environments-and-regaining-health-volume-18-9780806163215","title":"Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the United States: Restoring Cultural Knowledge, Protecting Environments, and Regaining Health Volume 18","description":"\"All those interested in Indigenous food systems, sovereignty issues, or environment, and their path toward recovery should read this powerful book.\" --\u003cb\u003eKathie L. Beebe\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indian Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Centuries of colonization and other factors have disrupted indigenous communities' ability to control their own food systems. This volume explores the meaning and importance of food sovereignty for Native peoples in the United States, and asks whether and how it might be achieved and sustained. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unprecedented in its focus and scope, this collection addresses nearly every aspect of indigenous food sovereignty, from revitalizing ancestral gardens and traditional ways of hunting, gathering, and seed saving to the difficult realities of racism, treaty abrogation, tribal sociopolitical factionalism, and the entrenched beliefs that processed foods are superior to traditional tribal fare. The contributors include scholar-activists in the fields of ethnobotany, history, anthropology, nutrition, insect ecology, biology, marine environmentalism, and federal Indian law, as well as indigenous seed savers and keepers, cooks, farmers, spearfishers, and community activists. After identifying the challenges involved in revitalizing and maintaining traditional food systems, these writers offer advice and encouragement to those concerned about tribal health, environmental destruction, loss of species habitat, and governmental food control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaDuke, Winona:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eWinona LaDuke\u003c\/b\u003e, an Anishinaabe writer and economist from the White Earth reservation in Minnesota, is Executive Director of Honor the Earth, a national Native advocacy and environmental organization, and the author of numerous articles and books.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoover, Elizabeth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Hoover\u003c\/b\u003e, Manning Associate Professor of American Studies at Brown University, is the author of articles about food sovereignty, environmental health, and environmental reproductive justice, as well as the book \u003ci\u003eThe River Is in Us: Fighting Toxics in a Mohawk Community\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a board member of the Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance and of the Slow Food Turtle Island regional association and has worked with the Mohawk organization Kanenhi: io Ionkwaienthon: hakie.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMihesuah, Devon a.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevon A. Mihesuah\u003c\/b\u003e, a member of the Choctaw Nation, is Cora Lee Beers Price Professor in International Cultural Understanding at the University of Kansas. She has served as Editor of the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indian Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e and is the author of numerous award-winning books, including \u003ci\u003eChoctaw Crime and Punishment, 1884-1887\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indigenous Women: Decolonization, Empowerment, Activism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRecovering Our Ancestors' Gardens: Indigenous Recipes and Guide to Diet and Fitness\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indians\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eStereotypes and Realities\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Cultivating the Rosebuds: The Education of Women at the Cherokee Female Seminary, 1851-1909\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614229369106,"sku":"9780806163215","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_77f4b476-b9c6-47fc-ad55-7f88171d8cf6.jpg?v=1732434375","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/indigenous-food-sovereignty-in-the-united-states-restoring-cultural-knowledge-protecting-environments-and-regaining-health-volume-18-9780806163215","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}