From left to right, Tanner Barney (Karuk), Jill Falcon Ramaker (Anishinaabe), Jacob Zimmerer, and Sonaa Monroy (Northern Cheyenne/Apsáalooke) plant seeds for Native crops at Montana State University on June 4, 2021. (Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez/Montana State University)
December 11, 2023
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December 12, 2023 midnight
Food sovereignty movement sprouts as bison return to Indigenous communities
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Behind American Indian Hall on the Montana State University campus, ancient life is growing. Six-foot-tall corn plants tower over large green squash and black-and-yellow sunflowers. Around the perimeter, stalks of sweetgrass grow.