Enhancing Indigenous Food Sovereignty and Community Health Through the Karuk Agroecosystem Resilience Initiative: We Are Caring for It: xúus nu’éethti

Indigenous communities in the United States experience some of the highest rates of food insecurity and diet-related diseases despite an abundance of food assistance programs and other public health interventions. New approaches that center Indigenous perspectives and solutions are emerging and urge...

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Published in:Health promotion practice 2023-11, Vol.24 (6), p.1096-1100
Main Authors: Sowerwine, Jennifer, Mucioki, Megan, Sarna-Wojcicki, Daniel, McCovey, Kathy, Morehead-Hillman, Lisa, Hillman, Leaf, Lake, Frank K., Preston, Vikki, Bourque, Shawn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community health
Diet
Food
Food security
Health education
Healthy food
Indigenous peoples
Insecurity
Local knowledge
Management
Participatory research
Public health
Resilience
Sovereignty
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Summary:Indigenous communities in the United States experience some of the highest rates of food insecurity and diet-related diseases despite an abundance of food assistance programs and other public health interventions. New approaches that center Indigenous perspectives and solutions are emerging and urgently needed to better understand and address these challenges. This Practice Note shares lessons learned from ongoing collaboration between the Karuk Tribe and University of California, Berkeley researchers and other partners to assess and enhance food sovereignty among Tribes and Tribal communities in the Klamath River Basin. Through two participatory research and extension projects, we demonstrate the importance of centering Indigenous knowledge to strengthen research findings and identify more culturally appropriate solutions to community identified food access, health, and ecosystem challenges. Key findings suggest that approaches to food sovereignty and community health must emanate from the community, be approached holistically, reflect community values and priorities, and center Indigenous land stewardship.
ISSN:1524-8399
1552-6372
DOI:10.1177/15248399231190368