Rekindling Indigenous Kinship and Foodways
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Rekindling Indigenous Kinship and Foodways

Cultural Survival Quarterly 49-4 (December 2025)
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Features
 

Reviving Ancestral Kinships Across Turtle Island Grasslands for Sustainable Community Futures

The Indigenous Kinship Circle
Indigenous Peoples and their knowledge are essential in the conservation and restoration of the Central Grasslands of Turtle Island.
 


He Ea I Ka ʻAi: Sovereignty Through Food
Kaimana Barcarse (Kanaka Hawai’i)

A journey of provisioning voyaging canoes with self-sustained, locally grown and preserved foods, a practice rooted in ancestral knowledge.


Carrying Her Voice: Kinship and Cassava in Pakuri

Sabantho Aderi Corrie-Edghill (Lokono)
The cultural significance of cassava farming and preparation by Lokono women in Guyana.


Nan Awaya Farm: A Place of Growth

Ian Thompson (Choctaw)
Choctaw knowledge and the establishment of Nan Awaya Farm in southeastern Oklahoma offer hope and solutions for today’s greatest challenges.


Reviving Kinship Routes Through Stewarding Mishoon Culture on Long Island

Chenae Bullock (Shinnecock)
The revival of the mishoon (dugout canoe) culture brings spiritual and political strengthening for the Indigenous Peoples of Long Island.


 

Agroecology as Resistance

Zuhira Musa (Fulani)
Mbororo Fulani women are leading food sovereignty efforts in Cameroon.
 

 Departments
 


Executive Director's Message
Rekindling Indigenous Kinship and Foodways

Indigenous Arts
Sovereign Style: Indigenous Visionaries Show New York—and the Fashion Industry—the (Run) Way

Special Report
Indigenous Resistance in Bolivia’s Mining Wasteland

 

Women the World Must Hear
María Candelaria Rodriguez Hernández (Tseltal)

Climate Change
A Kalinago Youth’s Climate Story

Keepers of the Earth Fund Grant
Partner Spotlight
Community Development Shield (Karamojong), Uganda 

Staff Spotlight
Nadia April (Damara and Nama)

Bazaar Artist
Robbie DeGaetano (Wampanoag/Narragansett)



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