Indigenous Seed Rematriation: Jessika Greendeer, Ho-Chunk Seedkeeper
Thu, Nov 21
|Zoom
Learn about the growing Seed Rematriation movement and Jessika Greendeer's work to find, multiply, and return Indigenous seeds to their places of origin.
Time & Location
Nov 21, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Zoom
About the Event
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by joining this very special lunch webinar with Jessika Greendeer, a world-renowned seedkeeper who is a Ho-Chunk Nation tribal member from Baraboo. She is a ten-year US Army combat veteran and the recently-elected District 1 Ho-Chunk Legislator. She worked previously as the Agricultural Division Manager for the Ho-Chunk Nation. Now she tends a regenerative Seed Rematriation farm in Hudson called Little Sky's Farm, where building soil is a top commitment with cover crops and compost.
After serving during wartime in Afganistan and Iraq, Jessika recovered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by connecting with agriculture and specifically, with seedkeeping. She considers it her lifework to grow and protect our seed relatives, as well as to train and inspire future seed keepers. We cannot wait to hear her story and learn.
Ho-Chunk oral tradition indicates the people have always been here, on traditional lands that span Wisconsin,…