Photo taken by Sierra Edd, 2015.

Creating Indigenous Sustainability

 
Implementing indigenous sustainability, through traditional knowledge is powerful and essential to indigenous resilience and resistance in the context of 21st century United States. The process of interpreting and redefining tribal sovereignty through policy, identity, and community, is nuanced and vital for moving forward from the legacy of colonization. Restoring traditional Diné agriculture has a central role in decolonization of Diné peoples. This website offers resources and information about current farming on the Navajo Nation, the history of assimilation on farming practices, land &water use, and Diné activism.

 Contributors:

Sierra Edd
Sierra Edd is a Diné student, artist, and poet from Durango, Colorado (Kinłání). Sierra is currently a sophomore student at Brown University studying Ethnic studies and Visual Arts. Within the Ethnic studies department she is concentrating on Native American issues.
Kara Roanhorse
Kara Roanhorse is a Diné student, photographer, & policy researcher from To'hajiilee, New Mexico. Her mother's homelands are in Chichiltah. Kara is currently a sophomore at Brown University studying Ethnic Studies and Public Policy, with an emphasis on indigenous policy and activism.