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Tribes in Wisconsin and UW–Madison Forge Landmark Food Sovereignty Partnership
September 11, 2025
Check out this post on the Extension Natural Resources blog highlighting our partnerships and impacts.
What has the RPI Indigenous Food Systems Project achieved so far? Check out our new impact report!
September 9, 2025
This impact report highlights the numbers and narrative behind our work in 2023 and 2024. We showcase the RPI Indigenous Food Systems Team’s impactful efforts to support our Tribal partners in their food sovereignty work.
Two new videos highlight the work to transform food systems and improve Tribal access to healthy, culturally appropriate foods.
June 16, 2025
We are excited to announce the release of two videos highlighting the work of the Indigenous Food Systems Resilience Project. The videos highlight the partnerships between the University of Wisconsin-Madison Indigenous Food Systems Resilience Project Team and Tribal partners and shows the different project partners, including the Great Lakes Intertribal Food Coalition, the Wisconsin Tribal Conservation Advisory Council, and the Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Agriculture, and how the project is working with Tribal Nations and organizations in Wisconsin to build Tribal and intertribal capacity for food sovereignty.
Corn braiding and manoomin parching on the Memorial Union Terrace
September 23, 2024
As part of the Our Shared Waters event hosted by Our Shared Future on the shore of Lake Mendota, RPI Project co-lead Dan Corenelius led a session demonstrating corn braiding and wild rice parching at the Memorial Union Terrace. This may be the first time wild rice has been parched on the shores of Lake Mendota in many years.
First annual St. Louis River Estuary Wild Rice Camp
September 17, 2024
The Manoomin Team partnered with the UW Superior Indigenous Cultures Resource Center to host a wild rice camp in the St. Louis River Estuary for UW Superior students, the first rice camp in that location since manoomin has been restored in the estuary. The students learned about the cultural importance of manoomin from local elders and Tribal community members and went through each step of harvesting and finishing the rice.
In the face of climate change, Ho-Chunk Nation working toward food sovereignty
September 11, 2024
Check out this piece for WUWM 89.7 FM by Susan Bence highlighting the work of the Ho-Chunk Nation’s Department of Agriculture, the Tribal Elder Food Box Initiative and the Indigenous Food Systems Resilience Project.
Community gathered for first Indigenous Research Forum on Apr. 1
April 8, 2024
More than 200 people gathered in the Discovery Building or tuned in online last Monday, April 1, to attend the first Indigenous Research Forum. The event, co-hosted by CALS, the UW Law School, the Nelson Institute and Extension, brought together researchers and community members from UW and beyond to share their work in the field of indigenous research.
With Wisconsin Rural Partnership funding, UW–Madison launches new projects to support rural and Tribal communities
March 14, 2024
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has launched a series of projects aimed at supporting rural communities and Tribal nations in Wisconsin, funded through the Wisconsin Rural Partnership initiative. Announced in December 2022, this initiative, established with $9.3 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, seeks to advance the University’s land-grant mission, support community-based projects, and create partnerships to address the needs of rural communities.
