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Food Sovereignty An Assessment of Native American Communities

Food Sovereignty An Assessment of Native American Communities. By: Kendra Aguilar, April McGill & Adam Osbekoff TESC - Tribal MPA, 2012. DEMOGRAPHICS. Participants by Cultural Region. A large majority of participants were adult females. COMMUNITY FOOD RESCS. Where our food comes from.

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Food Sovereignty An Assessment of Native American Communities

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  1. Food Sovereignty An Assessment of Native American Communities By: Kendra Aguilar, April McGill & Adam Osbekoff TESC - Tribal MPA, 2012

  2. DEMOGRAPHICS Participants by Cultural Region • A large majority of participants were adult females

  3. COMMUNITY FOOD RESCS. Where our food comes from Where we get our food

  4. COMMUNITY FOOD RESCS. Access to Traditional Native Foods Most Agree It is Difficult to Access Traditional Foods

  5. COMMUNITY FOOD RESCS. Access to Healthy Foods A Majority said Healthy Foods are available but they can’t access them for many reasons like… Personal health or caring for family members Cost of healthy or organic food seems much higher Lack of transportation or cost to get there

  6. FOOD & CULTURE Food is who we are How important is food in your cultural practices? Somewhat Not very Not at all I don’t know Very

  7. FOOD & CULTURE Food is where we come from Is food or a food resource part of your creation stories? ON I DON’T KNOW YES

  8. FOOD & CULTURE We must involve our youth Are young people in your community interested in food traditions? don’t know MAYBE NO YES

  9. FOOD & HEALTH Acculturation leads to Health Issues

  10. FOOD & HEALTH Share knowledge, show others the way

  11. CONCLUSIONS Food For ThoughtWhere we are heading… Education Revitalization Strong leadership Community support/participation

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