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Subject: First Nations Garden Mounds and Native Plants & Insects
Location: Chicago, IL (Albany Park)
Date: 09/23/2022
Camera: Canon S110
Photographer: David Bernie (Ihanktonwan Dakota)

NATIVE PLANTS & INSECTS LIST

New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)

PLANTING MOUNDS

The planting mounds are directly managed by Chi-Nations each of the three mounds contains different Native plants. Our mounds are developed as a teaching aid to help revitalize Indigenous cultivation while providing substance for a wide range of pollinators.

PHOTOGRAPHS

First Nations Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Illinois Community Native American Indigenous First Nations Native Plants Seeds Insects Bees Aster Goldenrod Photos City Albany Park
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) and Bee
First Nations Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Illinois Community Native American Indigenous First Nations Native Plants Seeds Insects Bees Aster Goldenrod Photos City Albany Park
Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) and Dark Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus)
First Nations Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Illinois Community Native American Indigenous First Nations Native Plants Seeds Insects Bees Aster Goldenrod Photos City Albany Park
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) and Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)
First Nations Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Illinois Community Native American Indigenous First Nations Native Plants Seeds Insects Bees Aster Goldenrod Photos City Albany Park
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) and Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)
First Nations Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Illinois Community Native American Indigenous First Nations Native Plants Seeds Insects Bees Aster Goldenrod Photos City Albany Park
Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) and Dark Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus)
First Nations Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Illinois Community Native American Indigenous First Nations Native Plants Seeds Insects Bees Aster Goldenrod Photos City Albany Park
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) and Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)
First Nations Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Illinois Community Native American Indigenous First Nations Native Plants Seeds Insects Bees Aster Goldenrod Photos City Albany Park
Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) and Giant Honey Bee (Apis dorsata)

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. 

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]]> 3475 Article: Next City (Online), 2022 https://firstnationsgarden.com/2022/08/22/article-nexy-city-interview-2022/ Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:20:00 +0000 https://firstnationsgarden.com/?p=3932 First Nations Garden Next City Interview, 2022

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Subject: First Nations Garden
Article: From A Vacant, City-Owned Lot To Chicago’s First Indigenous Garden
Publication: Next City
Author: Gabriel Pietrorazio
Location: Chicago, IL (Albany Park)
Date: 08/22/2022

ARTICLE

“When the City of Chicago entrusted a 15,625-square-foot vacant lot into the hands of urban Native youth and their head auntie Janie Pochel, she feared that their goal to open the city’s first Indigenous garden might never take root.

The land they steward, still in the city’s custody, on the corner of North Pulaski Road and West Wilson Avenue in the northwestern Chicago neighborhood of Albany Park, was an eyesore before they arrived.

Members of the Chi-Nations Youth Council (CNYC) worked tirelessly to clear the property of debris in the fall of 2018, months before the First Nations Garden’s grand opening by next spring. They believed it was an obligation to pass on tribal and inter-tribal knowledge and traditions to the next generation — and to heal the land that their ancestors thrived on a few centuries ago.

“It’s still a fight,” says Pochel, who is First Nations Oji-Cree and serves as CNYC’s lead advisor. “People tried to take the land from us.” – From A Vacant, City-Owned Lot To Chicago’s First Indigenous Garden, Next City, 2022.

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. 

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]]> 3932 Photos: Native Plants & Insects, Summer 2021 https://firstnationsgarden.com/2021/08/01/photos-native-plants-insects-summer-2021/ Sun, 01 Aug 2021 21:02:00 +0000 https://firstnationsgarden.com/?p=3848 First Nations Garden's Native Plants & Insects, Summer 2021.

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Subject: First Nations Garden and Native Plants & Insects
Location: Chicago, IL (Albany Park)
Date: 08/01/2021
Camera: Canon S110
Photographer: David Bernie (Ihanktonwan Dakota)

NATIVE PLANTS & INSECTS LIST

Sunflowers
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon splendent)

PLANTING MOUNDS

The planting mounds are directly managed by Chi-Nations each of the three mounds contains different Native plants. Our mounds are developed as a teaching aid to help revitalize Indigenous cultivation while providing substance for a wide range of pollinators.

PHOTOGRAPHS

First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Insects Blue Vervain Cup Plant Sunflowers
Sunflower
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Insects Blue Vervain Cup Plant Sunflowers
Sunflower
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Insects Blue Vervain Cup Plant Sunflowers
Sunflower
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Insects Blue Vervain Cup Plant Sunflowers
Sunflower
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Insects Blue Vervain Cup Plant Sunflowers
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Insects Blue Vervain Cup Plant Sunflowers
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Insects Blue Vervain Cup Plant Sunflowers
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Insects Blue Vervain Cup Plant Sunflowers
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Insects Blue Vervain Cup Plant Sunflowers
Sunflower
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Insects Blue Vervain Cup Plant Sunflowers
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Insects Blue Vervain Cup Plant Sunflowers
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum) & Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon splendent)
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Insects Blue Vervain Cup Plant Sunflowers
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)

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. 

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]]> 3848 Video: In the Know by Yahoo Life, 2021 https://firstnationsgarden.com/2021/05/19/article-wttc-chicagoppbs-interview-2019-2/ Wed, 19 May 2021 00:07:00 +0000 https://firstnationsgarden.com/?p=3926 First Nations Garden In the Know by Yahoo, 2021

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Subject: First Nations Garden
Article: Anthony Tamez-Pochel is creating meaningful green space in the city of Chicago
Publication: In the Know by Yahoo Life
Author: Emerald Pellot
Location: Chicago, IL (Albany Park)
Date: 05/19/2021

ARTICLE

“Anthony Tamez-Pochel is a co-founder of Chi-Nations Youth Council and First Nations Garden, a green space aimed at giving native communities a place to connect with the land and facilitate building relationships.

The 21-year-old, who is First Nations Cree and Sicangu Lakota, uses green spaces to connect native and non-native locals with their surrounding land in Chicago. After forming the Chi-Nations Youth Council to pass down traditions with his friends, he helped launch the First Nations Garden in 2019. ” – Anthony Tamez-Pochel is creating meaningful green space in the city of Chicago, In the Know by Yahoo Life, 2021.

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. 

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]]> 3926 Photos: Planter Boxes & Rings, Spring 2021 https://firstnationsgarden.com/2021/04/26/photos-planter-boxes-rings-spring-2021/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 21:55:00 +0000 https://firstnationsgarden.com/?p=3872 First Nations Garden's Hoop House Planter Boxes & Rings Spring 2021.

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Subject: Planter Boxes with Hoops Lids & Rings for Native Plants
Location: Chicago, IL (Albany Park)
Date: 04/26/2021
Camera: Canon S110
Photographer: David Bernie (Ihanktonwan Dakota)

NATIVE PLANTS LIST

Sweetgrass (Hierochloe odorata)
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
Prairie Sage (Artemisia ludoviciana)

Hinged Hoop House Raised Beds (HHHRB)

The HHHRBs was built in the Fall of 2020 to start growing prairie sage, sweetgrass, and strawberries, all of which hold cultural significance to the Native communities of this region. The intention for these beds is to provide more access to traditional medicines of this region to the local Native Community. 

Circular Raised Beds

We currently have 18 CRB for the 2022 growing season. In 2021our CRBs grew Midewiwin Tobacco, White Buffalo Cafe Tobacco, Prairie Sage, Echinacea, Bear Tongue Foxglove, Rose Milkweed, and Spotted Joe Pye Weed. 

PHOTOGRAPHS

First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Hoop Lid Planter Boxes Rings Sweetgrass Wild Strawberry Prairie Sage
Hoop House Raised Bed Planter Boxes with Sweetgrass, Wild Strawberry, and Prairie Sage
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Hoop Lid Planter Boxes Rings Sweetgrass Wild Strawberry Prairie Sage
Hoop House Raised Bed Planter Boxes with Sweetgrass, Wild Strawberry, and Prairie Sage
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Hoop Lid Planter Boxes Rings Sweetgrass Wild Strawberry Prairie Sage
Hoop House Raised Bed Planter Boxes with Sweetgrass, Wild Strawberry, and Prairie Sage
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Hoop Lid Planter Boxes Rings Sweetgrass Wild Strawberry Prairie Sage
Hoop House Raised Bed Planter Boxes with Sweetgrass, Wild Strawberry, and Prairie Sage
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Hoop Lid Planter Boxes Rings
Hoop House Raised Bed Planter Boxes and Rings
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Hoop Lid Planter Boxes Rings Sweetgrass Wild Strawberry
Hoop House Raised Bed Planter Boxes with Sweetgrass, Wild Strawberry, and Prairie Sage
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Hoop Lid Planter Boxes Rings Sweetgrass Wild Strawberry Prairie Sage
Hoop House Raised Bed Planter Boxes with Sweetgrass, Wild Strawberry, and Prairie Sage
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Hoop Lid Planter Boxes Rings Sweetgrass Wild Strawberry
Hoop House Raised Bed Planter Boxes with Sweetgrass, Wild Strawberry, and Prairie Sage
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Hoop Lid Planter Boxes Rings Wild Strawberry Prairie Sage
Hoop House Raised Bed Planter Boxes with Sweetgrass, Wild Strawberry, and Prairie Sage
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Hoop Lid Planter Boxes Rings Prairie Sage
Hoop House Raised Bed Planter Boxes with Sweetgrass, Wild Strawberry, and Prairie Sage
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Hoop Lid Planter Boxes Rings Sweetgrass
Hoop House Raised Bed Planter Boxes with Sweetgrass
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Hoop Lid Planter Boxes Rings Sweetgrass
Hoop House Raised Bed Planter Boxes with Sweetgrass
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Hoop Lid Planter Boxes Rings Wild Strawbery
Hoop House Raised Bed Planter Boxes with Wild Strawberry
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous Plants Seeds Hoop Lid Planter Boxes Rings Wild Strawberry
Hoop House Raised Bed Planter Boxes with Wild Strawberry

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. 

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]]> 3872 Statement: The American Indian Center and the First Nations Garden https://firstnationsgarden.com/2020/08/23/statement-the-american-indian-center-and-the-first-nations-garden/ Sun, 23 Aug 2020 02:11:00 +0000 https://firstnationsgarden.com/?p=4021 First Nations Garden's Native Plants & Insects, Fall 2022.

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]]> The Chi-Nations Youth Council has issued a statement regarding the American Indian Center of Chicago and the First Nations Garden.

AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER

From April 2019 to September 2019, the Chi-Nations Youth Council (CNYC) attempted to co-manage the First Nations Garden space with the American Indian Center (AIC) of Chicago to promote a neutral healing space for Chicago’s Native community. 

This was the first attempt by CNYC to work with AIC since 2015, when CNYC cut ties with AIC for partnering with the Chicago Blackhawks despite evidence that showcases “Indian” mascots and logos lower self-worth of Native youth and the self-esteem of Native Peoples as a whole.

As Native Peoples’, our identities are political and can not be separated from the politics and violence of our occupied state. Due to the reality of our existence as Native Peoples in Chicago and the desire to imagine a future of collective liberation, the AIC has permanently been removed from the management team of the First Nations Garden.

This decision was reached due to the perpetuation of anti-Blackness, Homophobia, Nationalism, and gender-based violence by the organization and the lack of fiscal responsibility, transparency, and accountability. 

Currently, the First Nations Garden is under Neighbor Space’s urban land trust, which the Chi-Nations Youth Council manages.

FIRST NATIONS GARDEN

The 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. 

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]]> 4021 News: First Nations Outdoor Gallery https://firstnationsgarden.com/2020/07/01/news-first-nations-outdoor-gallery-july-2020/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 15:22:00 +0000 https://firstnationsgarden.com/?p=4270 First Nations Garden's Native Plants & Insects, Fall 2022.

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]]> Chicago, IL – The First Nations Garden has introduced the First Nations Garden Outdoor Gallery.

FIRST NATIONS OUTDOOR GALLERY

The First Nations Garden Outdoor Gallery (est. 2020) comprises twelve exterior murals along N Pulaski Road’s west side of the First Nations Garden fence line. Gallery curator David Bernie has been working collaboratively with local and Native artists to reflect the demographic diversity of our city and capture how community spaces generate social and cultural interaction.

Artists are tasked to develop imagery consistent with a preferred theme/message that explores the interconnectedness of BIPOC experiences to land/Chicago.

CURATOR

David Bernie, Ihanktonwan Dakota, is the First Nations Outdoor Art Gallery curator. You can view Bernie’s work on his website, www.davidbernie.com.

ARTIST

Our Artists (in order of placement of art):

David Bernie @davidbernie.art

Laura Gomez @lago1810

Makoon Nah Mabin  @hotshobangirl1995

Janie Pochel @duct_tape_moccasins

Fawn  Pochel @ndn_emo_trash

Eleanor Ferguson @the.akicita.collection

Izayo Mazehualli @izayomazehualli

Jose Rodriguez @eightbitparty

Luthando Mazibuko @lmazibukoart

Teri Lopez @teri_talo

Poncho @chicago_poncho

Jacinda Bullie @jahdaampmouth

Camille Billie @Katahtu.ntha

PHOTOGRAPHS

First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous First Nations Outdoor Gallery 2020
First Nations Outdoor Gallery (est. 2020), LAND BACK
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous First Nations Outdoor Gallery 2020
David Bernie @davidbernie.art | Laura Gomez @lago1810
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous First Nations Outdoor Gallery 2020
Makoon Nah Mabin  @hotshobangirl1995 | Janie Pochel @duct_tape_moccasins | Fawn  Pochel @ndn_emo_trash
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous First Nations Outdoor Gallery 2020
Eleanor Ferguson @the.akicita.collection | Izayo Mazehualli @izayomazehualli
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous First Nations Outdoor Gallery 2020
Jose Rodriguez @eightbitparty | Luthando Mazibuko @lmazibukoart
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous First Nations Outdoor Gallery 2020
Teri Lopez @teri_talo | Poncho @chicago_poncho
First Nations Native American Garden Chi-Nations Chicago Community Indigenous First Nations Outdoor Gallery 2020
Jacinda Bullie @jahdaampmouth

FIRST NATIONS GARDEN

The 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. 

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]]> 4270 Video: Anthropocene Curriculum Interview, 2019 https://firstnationsgarden.com/2019/12/17/video-anthropocene-curriculum/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:29:00 +0000 https://firstnationsgarden.com/?p=3536 First Nations Garden Anthropocene Curriculum Interview, 2019

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Subject: Chi-Nations Youth Council & First Nations Garden
Article: Chi-Nations Youth Council
Publication: Anthropocene Curriculum
Authors: Nicholas Brown and Sara Kanouse
Location: Chicago, IL (Albany Park)
Date: 12/17/2019

ARTICLE

“In this short film, Adrian Pochel, one of the lead organizers of the Chi-Nations Youth Council talks through the group’s work promoting Indigenous rights in the city of Chicago. Accompanying the film, Field Station 2: Anthropocene Drift conveners Sarah Kanouse and Nicholas A. Brown explain why it was so important to have the Council be a part of the public program they curated, and the wider Mississippi. An Anthropocene River project.” – Chi-Nations Youth Council, Anthropocene Curriculum

VIDEO

Chi-Nations Youth Council, 2019

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]]> 3536 Video: WTTC Chicago PBS, 2019 https://firstnationsgarden.com/2019/08/07/article-wttc-chicagoppbs-interview-2019/ Wed, 07 Aug 2019 23:43:00 +0000 https://firstnationsgarden.com/?p=3912 First Nations Garden WTTC Chicago PBS Interview, 2019

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Subject: First Nations Garden
Article: New Community Garden Aims to Shed Light on Urban Indians
Publication: Chicago Sun-Times
Author: Nirmal Mulaikal
Location: Chicago, IL (Albany Park)
Date: 08/07/2019

ARTICLE

“The First Nations Garden in Albany Park was created by the American Indian Center and the Chi-Nations Youth Council in partnership with the city of Chicago. “It’s become a beacon for native people,” said 17-year-old Adrien Pochel.” – New Community Garden Aims to Shed Light on Urban Indians, WTTC Chicago PBS, 2019.

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. 

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]]> 3912 Article: Chicago Sun-Times, 2019 https://firstnationsgarden.com/2019/05/24/article-chicago-sun-times-interview-2019-3/ Fri, 24 May 2019 23:22:00 +0000 https://firstnationsgarden.com/?p=3909 First Nations Garden Chicago Sun-Times Interview, 2019

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Subject: First Nations Garden
Article: Community garden in Albany Park aims to protect environment, indigenous culture
Publication: Chicago Sun-Times
Author: Nirmal Mulaikal
Location: Chicago, IL (Albany Park)
Date: 5/24/2019

ARTICLE

“Every Sunday for the past month, Native American Chicagoans and Albany Park residents have gathered across the street from the 17th District police station to work on their community garden.

The First Nations Garden currently includes a traditional garden for the community’s use. Part of the space — a prairie and soil restoration project and land specifically used for indigenous practices and traditions — remains in development.  

Eventually the space that is yet to be developed will be used to conduct religious ceremonies and powwows, teach environmental education, grow traditional medicines and share stories under a massive 20-foot tipi.” – Community garden in Albany Park aims to protect environment, indigenous culture, Chicago Sun-Times.

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. 

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