Great Lakes Intertribal Food Summit Begins
Great Lakes Intertribal Food Summit
Have a look at this family-friendly event, the Great Lakes Intertribal Food Summit, to be held at the Pokagon Band’s Rodgers Lake location in Dowagiac April 25‑28! The event is accepting scholarship applications right now!
See https://iacgreatlakes.com/summit/ for more.
This year's activities:
• Traditional Tools:
o Botagens/Corn mortar
o Clay pots
o Planting sticks and cooking paddles
o Black ash corn washing baskets
o Reed food drying mats
o Elm and birch bark baskets
o Great Lakes Copper working
o Hide tanning
• Seed Keeping
• Garden/Farm Design and Conservation Planning
• Foraging
• Nutrition and Community Health, including Maternal Nutrition, Breastfeeding, and Babies’ First Foods
• Hands-on Cooking Demos and Classes
• Entrepreneurial Development and Cooperative Development to Expand Intertribal Trade