By Renee Dompier (Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians of Oregon), Native Plant Nursery Assistant Here at Elderberry Wisdom Farm, we are starting to grow Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) and now also California black oak (Quercus kelloggii) in response to requests from partners. We are excited to work with them as they continue restoring Willamette Valley Oak savannas and woodlands, and everything that comes with them including my favorite, the black tail deer! We’ve

By Rose High Bear (Deg Hit’an Dine, Inupiaq) Founding Director Last year, we gave cases of the Martin High Bear book to tribal colleges throughout the Northern Great Plains and other tribal locations. The Seven Commandments of the Sacred Buffalo Calf Woman: Martin High Bear (1919-1995) was shared with Oglala Lakota College: Rapid City Campus, Sitting Bull College in Ft. Yates, North Dakota and United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, North Dakota. I’m so grateful to colle

Joaquin Ocana Native Plant Nursery Coordinator The last few months have been some of the most exciting and eventful of the year! Some of our summer cohort loved it so much here that they agreed to extend their internship through September. They continued to learn how we integrate TEK into conservation practices and have gone on to do the awesome things they are doing out in the world. We are really grateful for all the amazing work and energy they contributed. Working with th