Building on Tradition--Tribal Colleges Can Lead the Way to Food Sovereignty

Autor/in	Phillips, John
Titel	Building on Tradition--Tribal Colleges Can Lead the Way to Food Sovereignty
Quelle	In: Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 22 (2011) 3, S.15-20 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-5505
Schlagwörter	Food; Health Promotion; Water; Tribal Sovereignty; American Indians; Natural Resources; Tribes; Tribally Controlled Education; American Indian Culture; Rural Areas; Reservation American Indians; Nutrition; Dietetics; Cultural Maintenance + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lebensmittel; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Wasser; American Indian; Indianer; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Tribal society; Stammesgesellschaft; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ernährung; Ernährungslehre
Abstract	Fort Belknap Indian Reservation's food system typifies that of many rural communities. Most food is grown and processed hundreds or thousands of miles away and transported long distances before it reaches the local grocery shelf. Like oil and gas, food prices are largely determined by international commodity markets driven by global supply, demand, and speculation. Demand and profitability often determine what products lie on a store's shelf--not health and nutrition. Strengthening a community's local food system means relying less on outside food supplies and taking control of food choices. The Fort Belknap Demonstration Garden is one important strategy being employed to build the local food system on the reservation. Food sovereignty refers to policies that express the rights of peoples to define their own food systems and includes agriculture, livestock, and fisheries systems. For American Indian tribes, food sovereignty is also an expression of tribal sovereignty. That means food sovereignty expands tribal rights and powers to food systems and traditional plants, animals, and knowledge related to food production. In practical terms, food sovereignty encompasses promoting nutritious diets and diabetes prevention, boosting food-related income and decreasing food costs, protecting the environment and natural resources, managing tribal land and water rights, restoring and preserving cultural food knowledge and practices, and increasing the resilience of tribal communities against natural or man-made disasters. These issues require long-term strategic thinking and action at all levels within the tribe. This article discusses how tribal colleges can lead the way to food sovereignty. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. P.O. Box 720, Mancos, CO 81328. Tel: 888-899-6693; Fax: 970-533-9145; Web site: http://www.tribalcollegejournal.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10