Enhancing Indigenous food sovereignty: A five-year collaborative tribal-university research and extension project in California and Oregon

A long history of tribal disenfranchisement through government policies has contributed to a lack of trust and participation by tribal communities in nontribal organizations and initiatives. This article will discuss the process through which new partnerships were forged using a community-based part...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of agriculture, food systems, and community development Jg. 9; H. B
Hauptverfasser: Sowerwine, Jennifer, Sarna-Wojcicki, Daniel, Mucioki, Megan, Hillman, Lisa, Lake, Frank K, Friedman, Edith
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 14.11.2019
Schlagworte:
agriculture
California
community development
cooperative research
extension education
food security
food sovereignty
government agencies
history
nonprofit corporations
objectives
Oregon
organizations
researchers
watersheds
California
ISSN:2152-0798
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Zusammenfassung:A long history of tribal disenfranchisement through government policies has contributed to a lack of trust and participation by tribal communities in nontribal organizations and initiatives. This article will discuss the process through which new partnerships were forged using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach among university researchers, local nontribal organizations, and three Tribes in the Klamath River Basin of southern Oregon and northern California through a five-year federal food security grant. The partnership’s shared goal was to enhance tribal health and food security and food sovereignty in the Klamath River Basin by building a healthy, sustainable, and culturally relevant food system. We describe the context that gave rise to this collaborative partnership; share reflections on how project goals, objectives, and activities were co-created, adapted, and implemented; and highlight specific examples of research, education, and extension activities, informed by CBPR, that support the tribal goals of strengthening Indigenous food sovereignty. We also share lessons learned from navigating unforeseen challenges in ways that we hope can provide insight for scholars, cooperative extension advisors, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies seeking to build effective partnerships with tribes working toward food system change in Native American communities.
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ISSN:2152-0798
DOI:10.5304/jafscd.2019.09B.013