Progress 09/15/11 to 08/31/12
Outputs
Target Audience:
Nothing Reported
Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Attended FALCON conference in Washington D.C.. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? The Extension Outreach Program works with Tiospa Zina Tribal School and Enemy Day School. The Extension Outreach has convered various healthy lifestyle topics, ranging from planting community gardens, gardening, making bird feeders, and age appropriate science experiments, Dedria Keeble a Dakota tribal elder has helped teach others appropriate harvesting and preservation techniques. Other elders also contribute to various workshops through out the year. Expended the gardening with Tiospa Zina Tribal School with raised garden beds. Will add 2 more gardens next year at Big Coulee and Buffalo Lake districts. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Encourage both youth and their families on the Lake Traverse Reservation to make helathier choices by education the people in the traditional knoledge of indigenous plants, lifestyles, and culture.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The Sisseton Wahpeton Extension Outreach visits with the Tiospa Zina tribal students, and the Enemy Swim School. The SWC Extension Outreach has a Basdadyapi (drying hominy) a traditional way of drying hominy, traditional plants workshop, Tispina (turnip) digging, picking chokecherries when they ripe, and picking wild plums. Drying corn with Tiospa Zina Tribal students grades1 thru 8th grades, kindergarten planted flowers and garden vegetables seeds, making salsa with students from Tiospa Zina and Enemy Day School, canning salsa with the vegs. grown from the gardens. Community workshops on making jelly from the chokecherries, apples, and wild plumes.
Publications
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Progress 09/15/10 to 09/14/11
Outputs
Target Audience: Community workshops, gardening, and canning. Tispina digging a traditional turnip, chokecherry picking and plums in the fall. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The teaching ofthe SWO community tribal members the importance of gardening and traditional foods. To pass on the of our culture and traditional food choices.
Publications
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Progress 09/15/09 to 09/14/10
Outputs
The Sisseton Wahpeton Extension Outreach visits with the Tiospa Zina tribal students, and the Enemy Swim Day School. The Sisseton Wahpeton Extension has a Basdayapi (drying hominy),traditional plants workshop, Tispina (turnip) digging, picking chokecherry, and picking wild plums. Drying corn with tribal students, making salsa, and canning salsa from teh vegatables that are grown in the commmunity gardens. Community workshops on making jelly from the chokecherries, apples, and wild plumes. The Extension Outreach Program submits advertising with the Sisseton Wahpeton Sota, Sisseton Courier, Aberdeen American News, and the Watertown Public Opinion. PRODUCTS: Visits with Tiospa Zina Tribal School and Enemy Swim Day School to give informal educational lessons in nutrition, food safety, gardening, and food preservation. The Extension Outreach has community workshops, community gardens, native plant workshops and particates in the Lights On afterschool activities at Enemy Swim Day School. OUTCOMES: Teaching the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate community members the importance of gardening and traditional foods. To pass on the importance of our Dakota culture and traditional food choices. DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: Extension Outreach Program works with Tiospa Zina Tribal School and Enemy Day School. The Extension Outreach has covered various healthy lifestyle topics, ranging from planting community gardens, gardening, making bird feeders, and age appropriate science experiments. Dedria Keeble a Dakota tribal elder has helped teach others appropriate harvesting and preservation techniques. Other elders also contribute to various workshops throughtout the year. Expended the gardening with the Tiospa Zina Tribal School with raised garden beds. Will add 2 more gardens next year at Big Coulee and Buffalo Lake. FUTURE INITIATIVES: Encourage both youngth and their families on the Lake Traverse Reservation to make healthier choices by education the people in the traditional knowledge of indigenous plants, lifestyles, and culture.
Impacts
The Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate will be able to establish their own gardening techinques and utilize the fruits and vegetables that are grown in the gardens. Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate will be more award of healthier food choices and how to process them.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 09/15/08 to 09/14/09
Outputs
The Extension Outreach Program works within the Tribal schools here on the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Reservation. There are two tribal schools and a tribal daycare. We had afterschool activities with Enemy Swim Day School were Earthday,Lights On, and Science Night. The Sisseton Wahpeton College and the Extension Outreach also have the annual Dakota Bike Trek. This year we had our 8th annual Dakota Bike Trek there was a total of 22 adults and 4 youth rode 26 miles bike trek to Sica Hollow State Park were a tribal elder speaks about how the Sica Hollow became a state park. Started box gardening with the Tiospa Zina elem. students every year we will add a box to grade last spring we start with the 4th grade and this coming spring of 2010 The Extension Outreach Program will start a box garden with the 3rd graders. The idea of the box garden is to teach the students of starting their own garden and they can watch the progress of a seed to a vegetable. This is a new project for the Extension Outreach and the students of Tiospa Zina Elementry. PRODUCTS: The Sisseton Wahpeton College Outreach colaborates with Tiospa Zina Tribal Schools grades kindergarten thru 8th grade, Enemy Swim Day School, and DNGE Daycare. There is community workshops, and traditional native workshops. The Curriculum consists of food and gardening appropriate lesson plans. OUTCOMES: The Sisseton Wahpeton Extension Program works with the tribal and community members on the importance of gardening and traditional foods. To pass on the importance of our culture and tradtional food choices. We have culturally based community workshops like canning, drying of our traditional chokecherries, wild plumes, corn, and tispina (wild turnips). The Extension Outreach visits the Tiospa Zina Tribal School and the Enemy Swim Day School once a month to give informal educational lessons in nutritional, food safety, gardening, and food preservation for at least up to forty students. After school programming will be used to provide youth with lifelong learning skills, self-esteem, and problem solving skills. DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: SWC Extension Outreach shares the knowledge with classroom, workshops, and the presenters. SWC Extension Outreach is developing power point on the Extension Outreach Program. Public workshops are also held every month to tribal members and the community. Elders present workshops on traditional food and the useage of our native medicinal plants. FUTURE INITIATIVES: The SWC Extension Program wants to improve the eating habits among the tribal youth and families on the Lake Traverse Reservation that stress healthy life style choices: including lifelong learning skills, benefical exercise, and the importance of nutritional meals. The adult learning workshops will be held once a month for least up to thirty adults to provide with the knowledge, skills, and the lifelong learning to live a healthy lifestyle. Tribal elders will be involved to help youth gain knowledge of traditional gardening, food preservation, and the life skills throught traditional Dakota Values. Honorariums for presenters who come to SWC Extension Program to host seminars and workshops at the district centers. There will be approximately twelve workshops/seminars per year,this coordianted by the SWC Outreach Program in conjunction with the SWC nutrition educater.
Impacts
THe SWO members wojuld be able to establish their own gardening techinques and utilize the fruits and vegetables that are grown in the community gardens. SWO would be more aware of healthier food choices. SWO youth of tomorrow will be taught the knowledge of traditional foods and how to process.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 09/15/07 to 09/14/08
Outputs
Afterschool activities Earthday Lights On,Science Night at the Enemy Swim Day, and the SWC Annual Dakota Bike Trek. Community gardens in the district centers. Extension Outreach started a box gardening within the Tiospa Zina Tribal School. Starting with the 4th graders next year we will add another box garden starting with the 3rd graders. Students will take care of their own garden and will see the process of how a graden grows from seed to full grown plant. Will be able to take home the product. PRODUCTS: SWC Extension Outreach works with the Tiospa Zina kindergarten thru 8th grade, Enemy Swim Day School, community workshops,and traditional native workshops. Curriculum consists of working with food appropriate lesson plans. OUTCOMES: Teaching the Sisseton Wahpeton community members the importance of gardening and traditional foods. To pass on the importance of our culture and traditional food choices. Culturally based community workshops canning, drying of our traditional chokecherries, wild plumes,corn,and tispina (wild turnips). Extension Outreach visits the Tiospa Zina Tribal School and Enemy Swim Day School once a month to give informal educational lesson in nutritional,foodsafety, gardening,and food preservation for at least forty youth. After school programming will be used to provide youth with lifelong learning skills, self-esteem, and problem solving skills. DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: SWC Extension Outreach shares the knowledge with classroom, workshops, and presenters. SWC Extension is developing a powerpoint. Public workshops to the tribal members and community members. Elders present workshops on traditional foods and the use of native medicinal plants. FUTURE INITIATIVES: Improve the eating habits among tribal youth and families on the Lake Traverse Reservation thath stress healthy life style choices: including lifelong learning skills, benefical exercise, and the importance of nutritional meals. Adult learning workshops will be held once a month for thirty adults to provide with the knowledge, skills, and lifelong learning to live a healthy lifestyles. Tribal elders will be involved to help youth gain knowledge of traditional gardening, food preservation,and life skills through traditional Dakota values. Honorariums for presenters who come to SWC to host seminars and workshops at the district centers. There will be approximately 12 workshops/seminars per year, is coordinated by the SWC Outreach Coordinator in conjunction with SWC nutrition educater.
Impacts
The SWO members would be able to establish their own gardening techinques and utilize the fruits and vegetables that are grown in the community gardens. SWO would be more aware of healthier food choices. SWO youth of tomorrow will be taught the knowledge of traditional foods and how to process.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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