First Nations Garden  (Wiinso, Wiikonge Otishinikaaso) was established in the Spring of 2019 due to community organizing led by the Chi-Nations Youth Council with support from Alderman Carlos Rosa of the 35th Ward. Chi-Nations is working closely with Neighborspace to ensure a more sustainable future for the garden.

First Nations Garden was chosen as the English name of the space. The term First Nations is a collective noun that emphasizes the importance of direct and ancestral relationships to the land, both human and non-human. As First Nations peoples, we’ve chosen names that carry the garden site’s history and ancestral ecological knowledge and assist in providing navigational information and teachings to the greater public.

Learn about the First Nations Garden at the Chi-Natons Youth Council’s website.