Article: WBEZ Chicago (NPR), 2019
FIRST NATIONS GARDEN
Subject: First Nations Garden
Article: First Nations Garden Brings Healing To Chicago’s Native Americans
Publication: WBEZ Chicago
Author: Stephanie Kim
Location: Chicago, IL (Albany Park)
Date: 5/9/2019
ARTICLE
“The First Nations Garden opened this spring in Albany Park, with hopes of bringing healing to the Native American community in Chicago. ” – First Nations Garden Brings Healing To Chicago’s Native Americans, WBEZ Chicago.
INFO
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. Currently, 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 helping provide navigational information and teachings to the greater public.
