Here is some information I’ll share from Tjay Henhawk who posted the following announcement regarding First Nations and aboriginal rights. Check out this community gardening event down on the Crow Creek Reservation in South Dakota:

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Native Nations are joining forces

Date:
Saturday, August 15, 2009

Time:
10:00am – 10:00pm

Location:
Crow Creek Sioux reservation – Community Garden

Street:
Hehaka-sca-win organization, c/o Lisa Lengkeek, 530 S. St.John,

City/Town:
Fort Thompson, SD

Phone:
16053760610

Email:
day.of.dignity@gmail.com

Please go to one of the on-line seed companies we listed or one you prefer & order seeds that will feed the community for years to come.
We are aware that most people cannot go and attend. So donation and the buying of seeds can be done on line right NOW.

Purpose:

We are organizing help for the Crow Creek community. It is a collaborative project between non-profits off rez & non-profits ON rez. This is NOT a religiously based program, but rather a community project. As was said by Rita Pitka Blumenstein, a Yup’ik Great Grandmother: “When we can heal ourselves, we also heal our ancestors, our grandmothers, our grandfathers and our children. When we heal ourselves, we heal Mother Earth.”
This is a chance, regardless of where you are on this planet, to help people who are in need of help & in the long run help heal the planet.
Think outside the box! Think about small ways you can help that takes little of your time, if necessary. Don’t fall prey to the “Its too far away”. That is how it was designed by those who wanted to oppress & destroy this cultural community!
Become a GLOBAL Citizen that makes a difference. A single drop of water can raise the ocean, but a flood of water raises it more… So too we can make a difference with lots of drops of donations and time! So please think how you CAN help…

=========WHAT YOU CAN DO EVEN IF YOU CAN’T ATTEND============

You can be a VIRTUAL DONOR (from home!):

(1) Be part of a Seed Drive taking place right NOW & going until August 15th.
* people willing to take a moment on the Internet to visit one of these on line nurseries:
Raintree — https://www.raintreenursery.com
Jung Seeds – https://www.jungseed.com
Heirloom Seeds — https://www.heirloomseeds.com
Baker Creek Heirloom seeds – https://rareseeds.com
Victory Heirloom Seeds – https://www.victoryseeds.com
Heirloom Acres – https://www.halcyon.com/tmend/links.htm
Burpee gardening –https://www.burpee.com
and order plants suitable for zones 3 or 4, which will help feed these people. If you buy heirloom plant seeds, the seeds can be collected from some of the plants for the following year’s garden. This makes the one time donation multiply year after year! Shipments of plants should be sent to: Crow Creek Community Garden, c/o Lisa Lengkeek, 530 S. St John, Fort Thompson, SD 57339

Wish List Includes: (any of these seeds would be appreciated)
Tomatoes, Peppers, Cucumbers, Lettuce, Lima Beans, Turnips, Radishes, Onions, sunflowers, Chives, Basil, chamomile, Dill, Mint, Parsley, Sage, Wax Beans, Beets, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Brussels Sprouts, Carrots, Celery, Cowpeas, Sweet Corn, Eggplants, Horseradish, Garlic, Cantaloupe, Honey Melon, Shallots, Peas, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Spinach, Swiss Chard, Straight neck squash, Crookneck squash, Scollop’s squash, Zucchini squash, Butternut Squash, Hubbard Squash, Acorn Squash, Spaghetti Squash.
Berry Bushes & Trees list: Blueberries, Lingonberries, Elderberries, Strawberries,
Raspberries, blackberries, Gooseberries, Currants, Aronias, Service berries, Goumis, Apples, Pears, Crab Apples, Genetic Dwarf Peaches (for greenhouse), Apricots, Plums, Bush cherries, Mulberries, Mt. Ash & Hawthorn hybrid – shipova, Cornus Mas (also known as Cornelian Cherry), Edible Dogwoods, Edible Hawthorn, Cranberries, All Field Berries, Nagoon Berry, Asparagus, Garlic chives, Lemon Balm, Rhubarb, Eastern Prince Magnolia Vine, Edible Hips, Ginkgo Trees, Walnut trees, American chestnut trees

We also would welcome any garden supplies to help establish a tool supplies. We seek donors willing to consider ordering from their favorite on line store, garden tools & hard scape objects such as trellises, Tomato towers, Trellis netting, tomato cages, floating row covers, peat pellets, and pot maker (turns old newspapers into starter pots), Wall-o-Water shelters.

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(2) Donation drives PRIOR to Day of Dignity, whose donated goods & funds would be used ON August 15th.
You can for example organize a cash donation drive, a gift card drive with local friends or at your favorite pub or other location you gather. Get creative! Make a fun time of collecting funds.

Jodi Rave