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Episode 46: Atlanta Grant on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
Episode 46: Atlanta Grant on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
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66 minutes
Released:
Jan 3, 2023
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Podcast episode
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In this episode of the Plant-Based Canada Podcast, we talk to Atlanta Grant -- an Iroquois woman with mixed Huron-Wendat and German ancestry, originally from the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Ojibwe, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. She is a present guest on the traditional territories of the xwməθkwəýəm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.Atlanta is a Masters candidate at the University of British Columbia in the Institute of Resources, Environment, and Sustainability. Her research focuses on Indigenous Food Systems, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, Decolonized Research Methodologies, Cultural Preservation and Cross-Cultural Collaborations.In this episode we discuss:Indigenous Food SovereigntyFood cycling practices, and how it differs from the Western concept of food wasteThe decolonization of our food systems, and the reinstatement of Indigenous Natural LawThe inappropriate integrations of Indigenous Knowledge into Western systemsFood insecurity and accessibility in Indigenous communitiesHow non-Indigenous and Indigenous peoples can collaborate within environmental movements in the climate change sector SocialsUBC Food Sovereignty Lab TwitterInstagram Email: atlantagrnt@gmail.com Links and References Deborah McGregor (Two Row Wampum) – “Survivance: Narratives of Native Presence” and “Traditional ecological knowledge and the two—row wampum”Ross Neasloss (Two Spirit, Kitasoo/Xai’xais) – “Food Reconciliation”Georges E. Sioui (Wendat) – “Huron-Wendat: The Heritage of the Circle” Kyle Whyte (Potawatomi)Max Liboiron (Red River Métis/Michif ) – “Pollution is Colonialism”
Released:
Jan 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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