Seeding a Community with Confidence Walking the streets of Omak, your eyes lift to sunny sage-covered hills in every direction. The sun rises and sets quickly in Omak, nestled in the Okanogan River Valley. Townspeople identify with this valley north to Canada and south to the Columbia. Omak serves this valley as well, offering its […]
White Earth Land Recovery Project
Culturally Whole White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP), distributes traditional foods like maple syrup, hominy corn and wild rice through its retail arm, Native Harvest, working together to make a fractured culture whole. In an old farmhouse near Round Lake, 12 miles from the village of Ponsford on the White Earth Indian Reservation in northwestern […]
Science and Math Summer Program
Reconnecting with Nature and Culture For Generations, the Ojibwe people lived off the land in what is now northern Minnesota. They harvested wild rice, medicinal herbs, and wild fruits, hunted and fished, collected maple sap and boiled it down into syrup, and built canoes, baskets, and seasonal lodging. Their way of life requires strong analytical […]