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ROXANNE SWENTZELL (Santa Clara Pueblo, NM)

Sculptor & Founder of Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute. Re-introduced a pre-contact diet.

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KIBBE CONTI (Oglala Sioux, SD)

Nutritionist, heads up efforts to directly confront the diabetes epidemic with tribe-specific guidelines for healthy eating.

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JENNIFER GAUTHIER (Menominee, WI)

Community Development Educator, concentrates on returning to gardening as complementary to reinstituting the Menominee language.

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DESIREE BERGERON JACKSON (Tlingit, AK)

Nutritionist, focuses on readily available traditional foods for every age – starting with pregnant mothers.

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ANDREA JOHN (Seneca Nation, NY)

Exercise Specialist, uses her training to encourage her community to be more active and eat a diet rich in fruits, grains, and vegetables.

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VALERIE SEGREST (Muckleshoot, WA)

Nutritionist, is reviving fishing and berry-picking endeavors in the context of government – tribal, state, and national – policy.

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CHASTITY SANDOVAL SWENTZELL (Santa Clara Pueblo, NM)

Coordinator Pueblo Food Experience

MARIAN NARANJO (Santa Clara Pueblo, NM)

Founder/Director of Honor Our Pueblo Existence (HOPE)

PORTER SWENTZELL (Santa Clara Pueblo, NM)

Historian