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Indigenous-led farm, Tea Creek, leads the way in food sovereignty

Kim Kimberlin

May 09, 2023 |

Keremeos Review |

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Response Location: Tsimshian Nation, Canada

Tea Creek is a holistic approach to food sovereignty and economic development that provides community, trades training and land preservation, with an emphasis on reaching indigenous people. Tea Creek also provides a Food Sovereignty Training Program that includes courses in horticulture, carpentry, first aid, and more that graduated 108 people in 2021.

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Funding the Earth's keepers: The need for Indigenous climate philanthropy

Chase DiBenedetto

May 04, 2023 |

Mashable |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

The Decolonizing Wealth Project is a network of people working together to create more equitable, capital opportunities for communities of color, with an emphasis on Indigenous land keepers. Through its work with other groups, the project offers a series of grant opportunities like the Indigenous Earth Fund to provide Indigenous-led organizations with the resources needed to target climate and conservation issues.

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Returning Indigenous ancestors home to New Zealand/Aotearoa

Hana Pera Aoake

May 03, 2023 |

New Internationalist |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Aotearoa, New Zealand

The Karanga Aotearoa program coordinates with museums and cultural institutions across the world to repatriate Moriori remains and artifacts stolen by colonizers throughout New Zealand/Aotearoa's history. The process is Indigenous-led, with significant involvement from the descendents of those being returned, and prioritizes maintaining dignity for the ancestors.

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How Leboku, an obscure Nigerian yam festival, gained global tourists' attention

Innocent Eteng

May 02, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Ugep, Cross River

Through sponsorships and government investment, the Leboku festival in Ugep, Nigeria, has become a global tourist attraction that brings economic benefits to the town. The ancient festival celebrates the yam harvest with contests and performing arts.

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How India's First 'Green Village' Turned Hunters Into Conservationists

Peter Yeung

May 02, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: India, Khonoma

A community-led conservation project spurred by traditional knowledge allowed the residents of Khonoma, India, to become self-sustaining and earn additional income from ecotourism, as opposed to relying on hunting and logging.

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The world's best rainforest guardians already live there

Peter Yeung

May 01, 2023 |

The Washington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Indonesia

Empowering Indigenous peoples in Indonesia with land rights allows them to protect and manage rainforests and biodiversity. One tribe that’s doing so, the Kajang, relies on substance agriculture and does not allow practices like cutting down trees, hunting, or using technology on most of the land.

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From Farmworkers to Land Healers

Brooke Anderson

April 25, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Sonoma County, California

North Bay Jobs With Justice teaches immigrant and Indigenous farmworkers how to restore the land’s ecological health and mitigate impacts of climate change and disasters like wildfires through training efforts and ancestral knowledge. The group has also helped workers organize for respect, safer conditions and fair pay.

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Demand rises for culturally aware mental health providers

Sarah Thamer

April 24, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Roseville, Minnesota

The Luminous Mind provides culturally competent mental health care to people of color. Along with The Luminous Mind, universities in the state are working to increase the number of students of color that enter psychology degree programs. The state also has a culturally-informed mental health task force that provides competency training and recruits diverse mental health professionals, all in an effort to decolonize mental health care.

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With help, Afghan refugees make a home in Manhattan, Kansas

AJ Dome

April 20, 2023 |

The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Manhattan, Kansas

The Manhattan Afghan Resettlement Team (MART) helps Afghan refugees escape Taliban oppression and build new lives in the U.S. MART helps to connect refugees with the local Islamic Center for meetings about adjusting to life in the U.S. and language courses, as well as help getting a Social Security card, a job and enrolling their children in school. To date, over 100 refugees have been successfully resettled.

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In Brazil, 'bioeconomy' initiatives offer hope of a less destructive future

Fabio Teixeira Laurie Goering

April 14, 2023 |

The Japan Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Conexsus provides financial, technical, and mentorship support to cooperatives and small producers in the Amazon rainforest with the goal of shifting investment and resources to sustainable “bioeconomies” often managed by Indigenous communities. One such cooperative, Coopatrans, has been able to improve its relationships with farmers thanks to credit from Conexsus assuring payments can be made on time.

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