Resource Library Bundle

Seed Rematriation

Media Collection co-produced by The Cultural Conservancy, Rowen White and the Indigenous Seed Keepers Network of the Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance.

Short Film

 

“Seed Mother: Coming Home ” is a collaborative short film sharing the Seed Rematriation movement’s healing work of cross-cultural reconciliation to bring Indigenous seeds home to their communities of origin.

 

Podcast episodes on the Native Seed Pod

Seed Rematriation with Jessika Greendeer - Melissa Nelson talks with Jessika Greendeer of Ho-Chunk Nation, who is the Seed Keeper and Farm Manager at Dream of Wild Health in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jessika and Melissa discuss the growing Seed Rematriation movement, seed keeping and agriculture, and her work at Dream of Wild Health.

Seed Rematriation with Shelley Buffalo - Shelley Buffalo talks with host Melissa Nelson about the healing power of ancestral foods, feeding the community with rematriated crops and medicines, and her work with Meskwaki Food Sovereignty Initiative, Red Earth Gardens and Seed Savers Exchange. They also explore the power of art and the beauty of seeds.

Seed Rematriation with Becky Webster - Host Melissa Nelson sits down with Becky Webster, Oneida farmer, seedkeeper and attorney. Their conversation explores the challenges and joys of being a Native farmer, cultivating recently rematriated crops, navigating both market and trade economies, and more.


Image Credits:
Navajo Robin’s Egg Corn banner photo - Mateo Hinojosa
Navajo Robin’s Egg Corn cultivation - Rowen White
Art for Seed Mother: Coming Home - John Jairo Valencia
Podcast episode thumbnails - Cale Stelken