Meet the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribe
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| During Native American Heritage Month and throughout the year, we celebrate the diverse cultures across the U.S., including Tribal communities and the rich contributions of Native American people to the movement to end hunger. Native American communities have a deep tradition of cultivating and sharing food that nourishes their people and culture, like in the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate (SWO) tribe in South Dakota.
Tribal members like Rhonda, Doris, Lexie, and many others want to build a future of self-reliance, unity, and generational knowledge in their community. Members started a seven-acre community garden on the Lake Traverse Reservation to help ensure future generations have access to healthy, locally sourced food through their Food Sovereignty Program. The garden is a community-wide effort, producing potatoes, fruit trees, and traditional medicine plants.
Lexie, vice chairwoman of the SWO tribe, is tackling hunger in the long-term through programs that build sustainability, access, and empowerment for generations to come. From emergency preparedness to food distribution to cultural revitalization, Lexie and the tribe are working to solve the root causes of hunger.
Hunger impacts everyone in America, and ongoing unfair systems have created barriers to food security for many communities, including Native American and Tribal communities. This Native American Heritage Month and year-round, we are honored to share stories of people like the SWO tribe doing good in their communities and creating spaces that ensure future generations will have access to the food they need to thrive. And they're not the only ones. Learn more about hunger in Native American communities and the work people are doing across the U.S. to help feed their neighbors. Thank you for being a part of this important movement. – Team Feeding America |
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