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October 2019
Indigenous Food Tasting
Save the Date! The Third Annual Indigenous Food Tasting, hosted in partnership with the Indigenous Food Network (IFN), is an event rooted in community, bringing Indigenous chefs, food entrepreneurs, and youth together for a night of tasting our indigenous foods. Join us on Indigenous People's Day, Monday, October 14th from 5-7pm at the Minneapolis American Indian Center. Meal prepared by The Sioux Chef team, Wildbearies Catering (Elena Terry), Native Food Perspectives (Christina White), and more indigenous chefs to come!
Find out more »April 2020
Online Sacred Medicines & Garden Beginnings Workshop
We're excited to celebrate the growing season with you! Our offices may be closed but our farmers and staff are committed to continue to share knowledge of Indigenous foods, medicines and lifeways with our community. Join us online to learn about gardening, seed saving and sacred medicines. The workshop will be led by DWH Staff Jessika Greendeer and Hope Flanagan. Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/444011975 Meeting ID: 444 011 975 Call in: 1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) Schedule 10am: Hope…
Find out more »June 2020
Cora’s Kids Session 1
Cora’s Kids is a four day program for Native kids ages 8-12 out at the Dream of Wild Health farm in Hugo, MN. Youth learn about growing and eating healthy and tasty food, culture, and language along with traditional crafts and games. Youth also will experience cooking healthy lunches in the kitchen. Questions? Please contact our Community Programs Coordinator, Phoebe Young, if you have any questions about youth programs. You can reach Phoebe at phoebe@dreamofwildhealth.org or call at 612-874-4200 (ext 107).
Find out more »Cora’s Kids Session II
Cora’s Kids is a four day program for Native kids ages 8-12 out at the Dream of Wild Health farm in Hugo, MN. Youth learn about growing and eating healthy and tasty food, culture, and language along with traditional crafts and games. Youth also will experience cooking healthy lunches in the kitchen. Questions? Please contact our Community Programs Coordinator, Phoebe Young, if you have any questions about youth programs. You can reach Phoebe at phoebe@dreamofwildhealth.org or call at 612-874-4200 (ext 107).
Find out more »July 2020
Garden Warriors Session I
Garden Warriors sessions are four days each week, Monday-Thursday and three weeks, cover gardening, nutrition, physical activity, and Native culture and language for teens ages 13-18. Participants are paid a stipend for their work in program and are paid for their time working at farmers markets. Garden Warriors Session I - Three Week Session Garden Warriors in Session I learn the basics of organic agriculture and healthy cooking fundamentals. Youth have the opportunity to cook healthy lunches in the kitchen…
Find out more »August 2020
Garden Warriors Session II
Garden Warriors sessions are four days each week, Monday-Thursday and three weeks, cover gardening, nutrition, physical activity, and Native culture and language for teens ages 13-18. Participants are paid a stipend for their work in program and are paid for their time working at farmers markets. Garden Warriors Session II - Three Week Session (August 3-20, 2020) In Session II, returning Garden Warriors deepen their knowledge and improve skills from previous seasons. Youth learn seed saving and hand pollination. Youth…
Find out more »December 2020
Hominy Candy Demo with Elena Terry
Join us to learn how to cook traditional hominy corn!
Elena Terry will demonstrate how to cook hominy corn using the "nixtamalization" process to remove the hull and release more nutrients for the body to absorb. This process is necessary to prepare hominy for use in Indigenous foods from many tribes including Pasdayapi (a Dakota soup).
Next, Elena will share a fun recipe: hominy maple candy!
Please register to receive the zoom link. This way we can avoid security issues and ensure a great event!
February 2021
Birds in Ojibwe Legends
Aadizookedaa! Let's tell the Legends! While the snow is blanketing the land we will gather to listen to storytelling with Hope. This will be only available live in the moment and not recorded. Now is the time when the frogs are sleeping, that we can speak about the powerful beings and their stories. The stories and the characters that we speak about are called the Aadizookaanag. When you talk about them, they come to listen. When the frogs sing again,…
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Our Plant Relatives, A Wintertime Storytelling with Hope Flanagan
Aadizookedaa! Let's tell the Legends! While the snow is blanketing the land we will gather to listen to storytelling with Hope. This will be only available live in the moment and not recorded. Now is the time when the frogs are sleeping, that we can speak about the powerful beings and their stories. The stories and the characters that we speak about are called the Aadizookaanag. When you talk about them, they come to listen. When the frogs sing again,…
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Indigenous Food Sovereignty 101: A Conversation between NATIFS and Dream of Wild Health
Join us for a multi-generational panel on Indigenous food sovereignty! Indigenous Food Sovereignty 101 will feature Hope Flanagan from Dream of Wild Health, Armando Medinaceli from NATIFS, and Felicia Galvan, a student at University of Minnesota-Morris. The panelists will discuss the basics of Indigenous food sovereignty as well as ways to get involved. Indigenous Food Sovereignty 101: A Conversation between NATIFS and Dream of Wild Health is held in collaboration with the Indigenous Food Network. The event is free and…
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