Indigenous Strength: Food Sovereignty and Language Revitalization

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY

Leah Slick-Driscoll and Stephanie BadSoldier Snow discuss efforts the Meskwaki Nation of Iowa are making to elevate Native peoples, especially students, in the areas of food and language. Culture for the Meskwaki is both a deep source of pride and an important place to contest modern day legacies of colonialism. On this Indigenous Peoples Day, they advocate for a better, less oppressive world, in which sovereignty and revitalization are advanced through celebrated and longstanding “indigenizing” practices.

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