Claire Friedrichsen and Bernadine Young Bird with two traditional varietals: Hidatsa Squash and Blue Corn. Photo Credit: Claire FriedrichsenRuth Plenty Sweetgrass-She Kills transfers the seeds from NHSC’s Traditional Seed Cache to Claire Friedrichsen of the Agricultural Research Service spell this out so that the seeds can be planted and grown.
By: Tiffany Morris A statue of Edward Cornwallis greets travel-weary passengers to the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. His body in iron or maybe bronze stands, still, in a pose of defiance.  The plaque identifying him is desecrated with whorls of spraypaint.  He peers into the lobby of a hotel, where taxicabs wait outside. If […]read more