Indigenous Food Systems

Indigenous Cultures around Turtle Island were centered more around food and trade then money and power. The anthropoligist Jack Weatherford documents some of the food technology in Indian Givers. The systems developed by Indigenous people were complex and showed a deep understanding of agriculture. The most vivid example of the type of agriculture is shown in the Three Sisters. This type of agriculture is known as companion planting.

A map of the Secwepemc Nation

I cleaned up a map that was available at www.secwepemc.org. I imported the image into Inkscape and made it into a Vector Graphics map, so that it can be increased to any size without pixelation. The map shows the 17 bands of the Secwepemc Nation.

The thing to remember is that Indian Bands were set up by the Department of Indian Affairs. They are NOT a traditional form of governance. For many people that's all we know, but we still have to make a concerted effort to return to traditional governance. The self-government that the Canadian and Provincial Governments are promoting is not what they are claiming.

Tsyucwminte R Tmicw

This is the website for my radio show on CFBX 92.5 Fm -- The X. British Columbia, Canada otherwise known as the Occupied Territories.