Progress 09/01/18 to 08/31/23
Outputs
Target Audience:Our target audience for extension activities includes two levels of community. First included the NHSC students and staff/faculty. Secondly, the Fort Berthold community at large. We made special efforts to partner with tribal organizationsincluding the Elbowoods Health System Network (Diabetes and other prevention programs), the Healing Horse Ranch, South Segment Wellness & Sustainability, NDSU Fort Berthold Extension, as well as the more rural segments of the Fort Berthold reservation (e.g. Parshall, Mandaree, White Shield, and Twin Butttes). Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?2018-2019 *equine faculty attended Natural Horsemanship training seminars. *Agriculture Department staff attended:Northern Plains Sustianibility Conference, Native Food Conference, and a Regenerative Agriculture/Holistic Management conference. *One Ag staff completed NDSU Master Gardener course Spring 2019. 2019-2020 *3 equine faculty attend Natural Horsemanship training seminar *2 equine faculty attended and received certification in Trauma-Informed Equine Assisted Psychotherapy *ag staff attended regenerative agriculture/sustainability conferences:Northern Plains Sustainability Conference, Native Food Conference, North Dakota State University Extension conference, FALCON conference, Soil Health conference, and a Regenerative Agriculture short course hosted by Soil Health Academy. 2020-2021 *Natural Horsemanship training seminar *Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy course *Regenerative Agriculture/Sustainability virtual conferences: Northern Plains Sustainability Conference, Native Food Conference, NDSU Extension conference, FALCON conference, and Soil Health conference 2021-2022 Soil Web Certification (Spring 2022) Local Food Distribution (Spring 2022) Bionutrient Seminar (Spring 2022) Apprentice Level Beekeeping Series/Certification (Spring 2022) Farming & Ranching for the Bottom Line - Bismarck State College (Spring 2022) Maximizing Your Horse's Potential: Equine Heath & Physiology - Minot (Spring 2022) Equine First Aid Certification (Spring 2022) Indigenous Research Methods (Spring 2022) Advanced Equine Nutrition course (Spring 2022) Virtual Food Sovereignty Conference (Fall 2021) Level 1 Natural Horsemanship certification (Fall 2021 & Spring 2022) FALCON Virtual Conference (Fall 2021) Distance Education Certification (Fall 2021) Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada (Summer 2022) Professional Association of Therapeutic Riding Region 6 Conference (Spring 2022) Horsemanship Seminars (Spring 2022) NDSU 4-H Horse Show Judge Certification (Spring 2022) 2022-2023 Repairing Trauma Seminar (Fall 2022) Level 1 & 2 Natural Horsemanship certification (Fall 2022 & Spring 2023) ServSafe Food Handler Training Course (Spring 2023) Professional Association of Therapeutic Riding Region 6 Conference (Spring 2023) Herbs and their Uses Seminar (Spring 2023) Traditional Gardening Course (Spring 2023) NDSU Master Gardener Course (Spring 2023) Intertribal Agriculture Conference (Fall 2022) NDSU 4-H Horse Judging Training (Spring 2023) Horsemanship Seminars (Spring 2023) Native Plants & Rematriating Seeds Seminars (Spring 2023) Field to Fork Webinar Series (Spring 2023) NAEAA & Equine Science Seminar (Spring 2023) How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?2018-2019 We have developed a very active social media page to concur with our increased activities. NHSC Ag-tivities Facebook page reports upcoming events and shares success stories along with pictures and videos to document department efforts. 2019-2020 *social media updates *featured speakers:TR4HS (Therapeutic Riding for Heart and Soul) Annual Banquet (November 2019) and North Dakota PATH (Professional Association of Therapeutic Riding) Annual Conference *featured trainers:provided 16 hours of training on Natural Horsemanship methods and Trauma-Informed Equine Assisted Psychotherapy to be used for annual PATH certification hours. 2020-2021 *social media updates *featured speakers:North Dakota Horse Expo (SP 2021) on Natural Horsemanship methods and Historical Trauma/TraumaFocused Equine Assisted Learning, and multiple seminars for North Dakota State University Extension (Spring 2021) on Historical Trauma/Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Learning. 2021-2022 *social media updates **NHSC Agriculture staff and faculty has been published in magazines/journals, interviewed on television and podcasts, and have been featured speakers in the following events, conferences, and trainings for this reporting period: Presentations North Dakota Horse Expo - "Equine Assisted Services" (Spring 2022) North Dakota Horse Expo - "Equine Behavior & Psychology" (Spring 2022) "Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Learning" - NDSU Extension, University of Mary, Rolla High School, Bismarck Public Schools, North Dakota CTE Annual Conference (Fall 2021 & Spring 2022) Indigenous Research Methods (Spring 2022) ESA Annual Meeting, Montreal Canada: "Maa adu nudi iiwashi ahuc: Food is valued" (Summer 2022) "Basic Horse Care & Nutrition" Community Education Seminar, Twin Buttes (Summer 2022) TV Appearances CBS TV: "Studio 701 Morning Show", Bismarck, ND - Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Learning (Spring 2022) Publications Dakota Horse Magazine - "Gone Riding" (Summer 2022) North Dakota Quarter Horse Journal - "The healing power of horses" (2021) 2022-2023 *social media updates *NHSC Agriculture staff and faculty has been published in magazines/journals, interviewed on television and podcasts, and have been featured speakers in the following events, conferences, and trainings for this reporting period: Presentations "Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Learning" - Bismarck State College, North Dakota Peace Garden Special Education, University of Mary Physical Therapy, New Town Public Schools, Parshall Public School, University of North Dakota OT, Bismarck Public Schools, Professional Association of Therapeutic Riding Conference, (Fall 2022 & Spring 2023) "Tribal Food Sovereignty" presentations to the University of Illinois, University of Montana, University of Washington, and National Ecological Society of America (Spring 2023) "Indigenous Research Methods" presentation to Gonzaga, Intertribal Agriculture, and NHSC Students (Spring 2023) "Traditional Gardening Practices of the MHA" to NRCS Conference, Bismarck, ND (Spring 2023) "Natural Horsemanship/Psychology of the Horse" community seminar (Fall 2022) TV Appearances CBS TV: KX News, Bismarck, ND - "Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Learning" (Spring 2023) CBS TV: KX News, Bismarck, ND -"Food Sovereignty" (Summer 2023) BEK TV's "Dakota Cowboy" Show, Bismarck, ND - "NHSC Equine Program" (Spring 2023) BEK TV's "Dakota Cowboy" Show, Bismarck, ND - "Therapeutic Riding" (Spring 2023) Podcasts "Finding rhythm in the life and the arena" - Trauma & Turquois Podcast (Fall 2022) "Dr.Tami Decouteau EAS on reservations" - Trauma & Turquois Podcast (Spring 2023) Publications Published article in Frontiers in Ecology - "Elevating Indigenous Knowledge in Ecology" (Spring 2023) Published article in Dakota Horse Magazine - "Women's Indian Relay Making an Entrance at 2023 North Dakota State Fair" (Spring 2023) Published article in Dakota Horse Magazine - "Equine Assisted Services and Professionalism" (Spring 2023) Published article in Tribal College Journal - "Ii'cuwashghiri maagi'shiihe: The healing power of the horse" (Spring 2023) What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Community Gardens 2018-2019 * hired a new Garden Manager/Local Foods Coordinator, which has allowed us to expand our gardens and programming. *20 successful garden plots managed by community members and organizations. *developed gardening layout plans to reflect goals of increasing sustainable, permaculture, and culturally relevant practices. *started to add regenerative agriculture practices to our gardens. *U.S. Corp of Engineers approved an additional 20 acres of gardening space, bringing our total gardening space to 30 acres. *provided the following seminars during this reporting period: Seed Starting Series (3 sessions) and a Planting Class 2019-2020 *20 of our community garden plots successfully managed *created programming to help community members start gardens at their homes, providing labor, materials, supplies, and seeds *In the new 20 acres of gardening space, we planted an orchard consisting of a number of hardy northern fruit-bearing trees. 2020-2021 *20 community garden plots *continued programming to help community members start at-home gardens *expanded total gardening lands from 10 to 30 acres. In the new 20 acres, we planted an orchard with hardy northern fruit bearing trees *improved gardening plots to reflect goals of increasing sustainable, permaculture, regenerative, and culturally relevant practices 2021-2022 * 22 community garden plots *continued programming for at-home gardens *continue improvements togardening plots to reflect goals of increasing sustainable, permaculture, regenerative, and culturally relevant practices 2022-2023 *25 community garden plots successfully managed by community members and local organizations. *continued programming to assist community members in starting gardens at their homes, providing labor, materials, supplies, and seeds Community Sustainability Programming (Farmer's Markets/Recycling/Composting) 2018-2019 *Garden Manager/Local Foods Coordinator revived therecycling program at NHSC, reestablishingthe recycling bins,a student recycling committee, and worked with NHSC kitchen compost kitchen waste 2019-2020 *offered 3 Farmer's Markets in September 2019focused on promoting our local produce during the harvest season. *NHSC hosted a tribal Local Foods Conference with guest speakers *Fall 2019 we provided the following in-person workshops: Composting, Beet Pickling, Food Preservation, and Integrated Pest Management *Spring 2020. due to COVID-19, we provide Facebook Live and YouTube videos shared to community members on our NHSC Holistic Gardening & Wellness and NHSC Native American Studies Facebook pages. We providedvideo seminars during this reporting period: seed starting, mulching, fire cider, and elderberry elixir. 2020-2021 *Due to COVID, we were unable to host Farmer's Markets, so instead offered CSA baskets direct from NHSC to community members *Spring 2021 we offered video seminars: seed starting, fermenting cucumbers, canning beets, processing pumpkins, and salsa making 2021-2022 *resumed in-person Farmers Markets (6 markets with over 250 attendees) *opened new greenhouse at NHSC Four Sisters Gardens (in partnership with NDSU Extension) *provided in-person seminars:Quick Fresh Ingredient Meal Prepping with Garden Goodies, seed starting, salsa making, elderberry elixer, corn mortar & pestle making, cornball making, growing herbs in containers, juneberries, corn milling, and garden tour and foraging walks. 2022-2023 * continued in-person Farmers Markets during harvest with over250 community attendees * provided the following in-person seminars: salsa canning, tomato sauce canning, cooking traditional squash, elderberry elixir & oxymel, micro greens, corn mortar & pestle making, pemmican making, container starts, juneberries, traditional Hidatsa garden planting, flower planting, and corn milling. Community Equine Educational Programming 2018-2019 *hosted a barrel racing series for community members - hosting 5 barrel races Fall 2018 with over 40 participants for each race. *offered 3 equine community educational seminarsHorse Ranch.Each seminar served 15 community participants and 15 auditors *NHSC hosted Family Riding nights (each session served over 50 youth). *partnered with NDSU Extension and MHA Education Department to host a Native Horse mask-making workshop in April 2019with 24 participants. *featured as the educational resource at the North Dakota Horse Expo in Minot, ND in May 2019, providing equine educationalworkshops and booth space to promote and market our equine programming. 2019-2020 *hosted 3 barrel race competitions (Fall 2019) - 40 participants at each race *offered equine community education seminars: hosted two farrier (proper horse hoof care) trainings- one fall (18 students) and one spring (10 students);performance horse training (15 participants), & natural horsemanship training (15 participants and 15auditors) *hosted family/youth "Horse Fun Day" (Fall 2019), "Horse De-stress fest" for NHSC staff (Fall 2019) *hosted Gestalt Equine Therapy training *provided Therapeutic Riding and Equine Assisted Learning services 1 day/week at Healing Horse Ranch to local community members with special needs and disabilities (Spring 2020: provided 12 EAL sessions & 8 Therapeutic Riding sessions; Summer 2020: provided 36 Therapeutic Riding sessions) 2020-2021 *offered the following community education: equine massage, natural horsemanship, equine gestalt therapy, trauma-informed care (each seminar had approx 15 participants and 10-15 auditors) *provided Therapuetic Riding to community members 1 day/week at Healing Horse Ranch to local special needs K-12 students and community members with disabilities. *provided 10 equine assisted learning sessions to K-12 students and NHSC students 2021-2022 *provided community equine education seminars: equine massage, natural horsemanship, equine gestalt therapy, trauma-informed care *hosted1st youth 4-H horse show (in partnership with NDSU Extension) - 40 participants & 60 spectators *featured as the educational resource at the North Dakota Horse Expo in Minot, ND in May 2022, providing equine educationalworkshops and booth space to promote and market our equine programming. *hosted Bottomlands memorial trail ride for Fort Berthold community (120 participants) *provided horse riding to 40 secondary students attending NHSC's culture camp *NHSC Equine faculty and students assisted with the Indian Relay Races at the North Dakota State Fair. *continued providing Therapeutic Riding services 1 day/week for local community members with special needs and disabilities (provided services for 20 participants). NHSC students assistedwith programming through service-based learning opportunities integrated into their coursework. 2022-2023 *offered equine educational seminarsfor the community at the Healing Horse Ranch:equine massage community seminar, Natural Horsemanship in Fall 2022 & Spring 2023, andperformance horse training in Spring 2023. *Spring 2023, hosted second annual youth 4-H Horse Show in partnership with NDSU Extension with 40 participants and 60 spectators. *Provided horseback riding for 40 community secondary students at NHSC's culture camp. *NHSC Equine faculty and students assisted with the Indian Relay Races at the North Dakota State Fair. *Continued Therapeutic Riding to community members one day a week to local special needs K-12 students and community members with disabilities, providing services for 20 participants in Fall 2022 & Spring 2023. *We expanded services this year to provide trauma-focused equine-assisted learning to MHA's Good Road Recovery Center. NHSC equine students assisted with providing these services through service-based learning or internships that are integrated into their for-credit coursework.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Nelson, L. (2023). Ii'cuwashghiri maagi'shiihe: The healing power of the horse. Tribal College Journal, 34(4).
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Halvorson, K. (2023, May 2). Women's indian relay making an entrance at the 2023 ND state fair. Dakota Horse Magazine.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Rismon, S. (2023, March 30). Equine assisted services and the professional path to success. Dakota Horse Magazine.
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Progress 09/01/22 to 08/31/23
Outputs
Target Audience:Our target audience for extension activities includes two levels of community. First included the NHSC students and staff/faculty. Secondly, the Fort Berthold community at large. We made special efforts to partner with tribal organizations including the Elbowoods Health System Network (Diabetes and other prevention programs), the Healing Horse Ranch, South Segment Wellness & Sustainability, NDSU Fort Berthold Extension, as well as the more rural segments of the Fort Berthold reservation (e.g. Parshall, Mandaree, White Shield, and Twin Butttes). Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Repairing Trauma Seminar (Fall 2022) Level 1 & 2 Natural Horsemanship certification (Fall 2022 & Spring 2023) ServSafe Food Handler Training Course (Spring 2023) Professional Association of Therapeutic Riding Region 6 Conference (Spring 2023) Herbs and their Uses Seminar (Spring 2023) Traditional Gardening Course (Spring 2023) NDSU Master Gardener Course (Spring 2023) Intertribal Agriculture Conference (Fall 2022) NDSU 4-H Horse Judging Training (Spring 2023) Horsemanship Seminars (Spring 2023) Native Plants & Rematriating Seeds Seminars (Spring 2023) Field to Fork Webinar Series (Spring 2023) NAEAA & Equine Science Seminar (Spring 2023) How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?We have two active social media page to concur with our activities. NHSC Equine Studies & Ag-tivities and NHSC Holistic Gardening & Wellness Facebook pages report upcoming events and shares success stories along with pictures and videos to document department efforts as well as to post educational videos and educational print materials. Our NHSC Agriculture staff and faculty has been published in magazines/journals, interviewed on television and podcasts, and have been featured speakers in the following events, conferences, and trainings for this reporting period: Presentations "Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Learning" - Bismarck State College, North Dakota Peace Garden Special Education, University of Mary Physical Therapy, New Town Public Schools, Parshall Public School, University of North Dakota OT, Bismarck Public Schools, Professional Association of Therapeutic Riding Conference, (Fall 2022 & Spring 2023) "Tribal Food Sovereignty" presentations to the University of Illinois, University of Montana, University of Washington, andNational Ecological Society of America (Spring 2023) "Indigenous Research Methods" presentation to Gonzaga, Intertribal Agriculture, and NHSC Students (Spring 2023) "Traditional Gardening Practices of the MHA" to NRCS Conference, Bismarck, ND (Spring 2023) "Natural Horsemanship/Psychology of the Horse" community seminar (Fall 2022) TV Appearances CBS TV: KX News, Bismarck, ND - "Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Learning" (Spring 2023) CBS TV: KX News, Bismarck, ND -"Food Sovereignty" (Summer 2023) BEK TV's "Dakota Cowboy" Show, Bismarck, ND - "NHSC Equine Program" (Spring 2023) BEK TV's "Dakota Cowboy" Show, Bismarck, ND - "Therapeutic Riding" (Spring 2023) Podcasts "Finding rhythm in the life and the arena" - Trauma & Turquois Podcast (Fall 2022) "Dr.Tami Decouteau EAS on reservations" - Trauma & Turquois Podcast (Spring 2023) Publications Published article in Frontiers in Ecology - "Elevating Indigenous Knowledge in Ecology" (Spring 2023) Published article in Dakota Horse Magazine - "Women's Indian Relay Making an Entrance at 2023 North Dakota State Fair" (Spring 2023) Published article in Dakota Horse Magazine - "Equine Assisted Services and Professionalism" (Spring 2023) Published article in Tribal College Journal - "Ii'cuwashghiri maagi'shiihe: The healing power of the horse" (Spring 2023) What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Community Gardens We have a high community participation rate in the college community gardening program. This year, we had 25community garden plots successfully managed bycommunity members and local organizations. We continued programming to assist community members in starting gardens at their homes, providing labor, materials, supplies, and seeds depending on need. We continue to plan NHSC Gardening land to reflect goals of increasing sustainable, permaculture, regenerative agriculture, and culturally relevant practices. Currently, our total gardening space is 30 acres, which includes a community garden, research gardens (for regenerative agriculture research), traditional gardens, and an orchard that contains a number of hardy northern fruit-bearing trees. Community Sustainability Programming (Farmer's Markets/Recycling/Composting) We continued in-person Farmers Markets to distribute produce during harvest season. We held a number of farmers' markets on Saturdays during harvest and estimated over 250 community attendees.We provided the following in-person seminars during this reporting period: salsa canning, tomato sauce canning, cooking traditional squash, elderberry elixir & oxymel, micro greens, corn mortar & pestle making, pemmican making, the container starts, juneberries, traditional Hidatsa garden planting, flower planting, and corn milling. Community Equine Educational Programming An important partner in meeting our Equine Educational Programming goals is the tribally-owned Healing Horse Ranch. We offered equine educational seminars in for the community at the Healing Horse Ranch. We hosted an equine massage community seminar, aNatural Horsemanship professional whoprovided instruction to NHSC Equine students and community members in Fall 2022 & Spring 2023, and in Spring 2023 a performance horse trainer who provided a community seminar. In Spring 2023. In Spring 2023, we hosted our second annualyouth 4-H Horse Show in partnership with NDSU Extension with 40 participants and 60 spectators.We provided horseback riding for 40 community secondary students who attended NHSC's culture camp. NHSC Equine faculty and students assisted with the Indian Relay Races at the North Dakota State Fair. From Fall 2022through Spring 2023, we continued Therapeutic Riding to community members one day a week at the Healing Horse Ranch to local special needs K-12 students and community members with disabilities, providing services for 20 participants. This year, we expanded services to provide trauma-focused equine-assisted learning to MHA's Good Road Recovery Center. NHSC equine studentsassisted with providing these services through service-based learning or internships that areintegrated into their for-credit coursework.
Publications
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Progress 09/01/21 to 08/31/22
Outputs
Target Audience:Our target audience for extension activities includes two levels of community. First included the NHSC students and staff/faculty. Secondly, the Fort Berthold community at large. We made special efforts to partner with tribal organizations including the Elbowoods Health System Network (Diabetes and other prevention programs), the Healing Horse Ranch, South Segment Wellness & Sustainability, NDSU Fort Berthold Extension, as well as the more rural segments of the Fort Berthold reservation (e.g. Parshall, Mandaree, White Shield, and Twin Butttes). Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Soil Web Certification (Spring 2022) Local Food Distribution (Spring 2022) Bionutrient Seminar (Spring 2022) Apprentice Leveel Beekeeping Series/Certification (Spring 2022) Farming & Ranching for the Bottom Line - Bismarck State College (Spring 2022) Maximizing Your Horse's Potential: Equine Heath & Physiology - Minot (Spring 2022) Equine First Aid Certification (Spring 2022) Indigenous Research Methods (Spring 2022) Advanced Equine Nutrition course (Spring 2022) Virtual Food Sovereignty Conference (Fall 2021) Level 1 Natural Horsemanship certification (Fall 2021 & Spring 2022) FALCON Virtual Conference (Fall 2021) Distance Education Certification (Fall 2021) Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada (Summer 2022) Professional Association of Therapeutic Riding Region 6 Conference (Spring 2022) Horsemanship Seminars (Spring 2022) NDSU 4-H Horse Show Judge Certification (Spring 2022) How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?We have developed two active social media page to concur with our increased activities. NHSC Equine Studies & Ag-tivities and NHSC Holistic Gardening & Wellness Facebook pages report upcoming events and shares success stories along with pictures and videos to document department efforts as well as to post educational videos and educational print materials. Our NHSC Agriculture staff and faculty has been published in magazines/journals, interviewed on television and podcasts, and have been featured speakers in the following events, conferences, and trainings for this reporting period: North Dakota Horse Expo - "Equine Assisted Services" (Spring 2022) North Dakota Horse Expo - "Equine Behavior & Psychology" (Spring 2022) "Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Learning" - NDSU Extension, University of Mary, Rolla High School, Bismarck PublicSchools, North Dakota CTE Annual Conference (Fall 2021 & Spring 2022) Indigenous Research Methods (Spring 2022) "Finding rhythm in the life and the arena" - Trauma & Turquois Podcast (Summer 2022) ESA Annual Meeting, Montreal Canada: "Maa adu nudi iiwashi ahuc: Food is valued" (Summer 2022) North Dakota Quarter Horse Journal - "The healing power of horses" (2021) CBS TV: "Studio 701 Morning Show", Bismarck, ND - Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Learning (Spring 2022) Dakota Horse Magazine - "Gone Riding" (Summer 2022) "Basic Horse Care & Nutrition" Community Education Seminar, Twin Buttes (Summer 2022) What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will continue many of the community outreach activities: community gardens;farmers markets; community education seminars(gardens/food preservation, horsemanship); thebottomlands memorial ride: 4-H horse show:and assisting with Indian Relay racesat the North Dakota State Fair. Next year we add an equine massage community education seminar and also include food preparation/cooking ofgarden foods series seminar. Additionally, we will continue the Therapuetic Riding services for community members with disabilities, however, next year we will add Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Learning for K-12 at-risk students and those in addiction treatment.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1) Community Gardens We have a high community participation rate in the college community gardening program. This year we had 22community garden plots successfully managed by community members and organizations. We continued programming to assistcommunity members start gardens at their homes, providing labor, materials, supplies, and seeds depending on need. We continue to planNHSC Gardening landto reflect goals of increasing sustainable, permaculture, regenerative agriculture,and culturally relevant practices.Currently our total gardening space is30 acres, which includes a community garden, research gardens (for regenerative agriculture research), traditional gardens, and orchard that contains a number of hardy northern fruit bearing trees. 2) Community Sustainability Programming (Farmer's Markets/Recycling/Composting) This year we were able to resume in-person Farmers Markets to distrubute produce during harvest season. We held six Farmer's Markets on Saturdays and estimate over 250 community attendees. Additionally, we opened our new greenhouse in partnership with NDSU Extension. We provided the following in-person seminars during this reporting period: Quick Fresh Ingredient Meal Prepping with Garden Goodies, seed starting, salsa making, elderberry elixer, corn mortar & pestle making, cornball making, growing herbs in containers, juneberries,corn milling, and garden tour and foraging walks. 3) Community Equine Educational Programming An important partner to meeting our Equine Educational Programming goals is the tribally owned, Healing Horse Ranch. We offered equine educational seminars in for the community at the Healing Horse Ranch. We brought inan equine massage instructor who provided instruction in 6 lab sessions for students taking the course "Equine Care and Nutrition" in Spring 2022. We hosted two Natural Horsemanship professionals who each provided instruction to NHSC Equine students and community members in Spring 2022. Additionally in Spring 2022, we had two guests speakers in our Introduction to Equine Assisted Servicess courses. One provided an overview of the Equine Gestalt Therapy modality and the other taught on principles of Trauma-Informed Care. In addition to student participation, each seminar served 15 community participants as well as an additional 15 auditors (observers). In Spring 2022we put on the first youth 4-H Horse Show in partnership with NDSU Extension with 40 partpcipants and 60 spectators. Also, we were featured speakers and had a booth at the North Dakota Horse Expowith exposure to 500 people. In Summer 2022 we put on Bottomlands Ride memorial trail ride for the Fort Berthold community, with 120 particpants. Weprovided a horseback riding for 40 community secondary students who attended NHSC's culture camp. NHSC Equine faculty and students also assisted with the Indian Relay Races at the North Dakota State Fair. In Fall 2021 throughSpring 2022, we continuedTherpuetic Riding to community members one day a week at the Healing Horse Ranch to local special needs K-12 students and community members with disabilities, providing services for 20 participants. NHSC equine students assisted with providing these services through service-based learning that was integrated into their for-credit coursework.
Publications
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Progress 09/01/20 to 08/31/21
Outputs
Target Audience:Our target audience for extension activities includes two levels of community. First included the NHSC students and staff/faculty. Secondly, the Fort Berthold community at large. We made special efforts to partner with tribal organizationsincluding the Elbowoods Health System Network (Diabetes and other prevention programs), the Healing Horse Ranch, South Segment Wellness & Sustainability, NDSU Fort Berthold Extension, as well as the more rural segments of the Fort Berthold reservation (e.g. Parshall, Mandaree, White Shield, and Twin Butttes). Changes/Problems:Due to COVID-19, we had to quickly adjust from offering in-person extension programming to online versions. With support from our Native American Studies department, we were able to produce a number of Local Foods videos to share on social media. We also attended a number of online curriculum trainings and have had many planning sessions on how to effectively provide community education using virtual formatting. We will be expanding our production of high-quality videos of Local/Traditional Foods and Holistic Gardening & Wellness practices. We have a plan to create a community education online course with these videos and further developed curriculum similar to the NDSU Master Gardener program. We have plans to providing a hybrid continuing education course for community members on Natural Horsemanship principles and Equine Massage Therapy, offering part of the seminar online via ZOOM and one to two sessions at the barn in a small group setting during either weekends or weekday evenings in order to provide options for working professionals. Additionally, we will start producing our own high quality short equine educational videos and share on social media. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The Agriculture Department's equine faculty attended Natural Horsemanship training seminars. One equine faculty attended additional Trauma-Informed Equine Assisted Psychotherapy course (virtual) through the Natural Lifemanship organization. One equine faculty started a master's degree in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Trauma-Informed Care. Additionally, Agriculture Department staff attended a number of regenerative agriculture / sustainability virtual conferences and seminars: Northern Plains Sustainability Conference, Native Food Conference, North Dakota State University Extension conference, FALCON conference, and a Soil Health conference. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?We have developed two active social media page to concur with our increased activities. NHSC Equine Studies & Ag-tivities and NHSC Holistic Gardening & Wellness Facebook pages report upcoming events and shares success stories along with pictures and videos to document department efforts as well as to post educational videos and educational print materials.Our NHSC Agriculture staff and faculty has been featured speakers in the following events, conferences, and trainings for this reporting period: North Dakota Horse Expo (SP 2021) on Natural Horsemanship methods and Historical Trauma/TraumaFocused Equine Assisted Learning, and multiple seminars for North Dakota State University Extension (Spring 2021) on Historical Trauma/Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Learning. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will continue to pursue increased outreach for each of our three program goals, focusing particularly on increasing educational opportunities and collaborating with community partners. We continue to focus and grow our partnerships with Fort Berthold Diabetes Program, tribally-owned Healing Horse Ranch, and NDSU Fort Berthold Extension. These partners are important to our success and by working with these partners we can often leverage manpower and resources in order to accomplish common goals. Additionally, due to success ofour virtual and online offerings of community education we will continue to expand these offerings. We will continue to create high quality Holistic Gardening and Wellness community educational videos for posting on our social media pages. We are developing plans to possibly collect these videos into an online community education course format, similar to the NDSU Master Gardener community education series.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1) Community Gardens We have a high community participation rate in the college community gardening program. This year we had all 20 of our community garden plots successfully managed by community members and organizations. We continued programming to help community members start gardens at their homes, providing labor, materials, supplies, and seeds depending on need. We continue to plan our NHSC Gardening land distribution to reflect goals of increasing sustainable, permaculture, and culturally relevant practices. Additionally, we continue to research, implement, and refine regenerative agriculture practices to our gardens. Currently our total gardening space to 30 acres. In the new 20 acres of gardening space, we planted an orchard consisting of a number of hardy northern fruit bearing trees. 2) Community SustainabilityProgramming (Farmer's Markets/Recycling/Composting) In Fall 2020, due to COVID we were unable to host Farmer's Markets for the community. Instead we offered CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) baskets direct from the NHSC gardens to community members. In-season produce was picked and placed into baskets, ready for pick-up at the gardens on Tuesdays during the harvest season. Additionally in2020,due to COVID-19 we switched from in-person seminars and workshops to Facebook Live and YouTube videos shared to community members on our NHSC Holistic Gardening & Wellness and NHSC Native American Studies Facebook pages. We provided the following video seminars during this reporting period:seed starting, feremeting cucumbers, canning beets, processing pumpkings, and salsa making. 3) Community Equine Educational Programming An important partner to meeting our Equine Educational Programming goals is the tribally owned, Healing Horse Ranch. Weoffered equine educational seminars in for the community at the Healing Horse Ranch, We brought in an equine massage instructor who provided instruction in 6 lab sessions for students taking the course "Equine Care and Nutrition" in Spring 2021. We hosted two Natural Horsemanship professionals who each provided one day of instruction to NHSC Equine students in Spring 2021. Additionally in Spring 2021, we had two guests speak in our Introduction to Equine Assisted Servicess course. One provided an overview of the Equine Gestalt Therapy modality and the other taught on principles of Trauma-Informed Care.Each seminar served 15 community participants as well as an additional 15 auditors (observers). In March 2021, we hosted "Beyond the Horse", which is a Gestalt-based Equine Assisted Psychotherapy workshop for local mental health providers, community members, and NHSC students. In Spring 2021, we developed Therpuetic Riding to community membersone day a week at the Healing Horse Ranch to local special needs K-12 students and community members with disabilities. In Spring 2021, we provided 10Equine Assisted Learning sessions,
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Target Audience:Our target audience for extension activities includes two levels of community. First included the NHSC students and staff/faculty. Secondly, the Fort Berthold community at large. We made special efforts to partner with tribal organizations including the Elbowoods Health System Network (Diabetes and other prevention programs), the Healing Horse Ranch, South Segment Wellness & Sustainability, NDSU Fort Berthold Extension, as well as the more rural segments of the Fort Berthold reservation (e.g. Parshall, Mandaree, White Shield, and Twin Butttes). Changes/Problems:Due to COVID-19, we had to quickly adjust from offering in-person extension programming to online versions. With support from our Native American Studies department, we were able to produce a number of Local Foods videos to share on social media. We also attended a number of online curriculum trainings and have had many planning sessions on how to effectively provide community education using virtual formatting. We will be expanding our production of high-quality videos of Local/Traditional Foods and Holistic Gardening & Wellness practices. We have a plan to create a community education online course with these videos and further developed curriculum similar to the NDSU Master Gardener program. Following CDC, state and local guidelines, we did continue our community gardens for community members. For our Therapeutic Riding program, we followed state and tribal guidelines for shut-downs. When able to resume sessions, we implemented the proper CDC health guidelines as well as the guidelines set by NHSC, MHA Nation, and the State of North Dakota. We limited sessions to only take current program participants. We discontinued all other non-essential equine community education seminars and events starting Spring 2020 due to COVID and NHSC guidelines. We have had planning session on how to proceed with equine community education for 2021. We plan on providing a hybrid continuing education course for community members on Natural Horsemanship principles, offering part of the seminar online via ZOOM and one to twosessions at the barn in a small group setting with proper CDC guidelines followed. Additionally, we will start producing our own high quality short equine educational videos and share on social media. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The Agriculture Department's equine faculty attended Natural Horsemanship training seminars as well as two farrier seminars. Two equine faculty attended and were certified in Trauma-Informed Equine Assisted Psychotherapy through the Natural Lifemanship organization. Additionally, Agriculture Department staff attended a number of regenerative agriculture / sustainability conferences and seminars: Northern Plains Sustainability Conference, Native Food Conference, North Dakota State University Extension conference, FALCON conference, Soil Health conference, and a Regenerative Agriculture short course hosted by Soil Health Academy. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?We have developed two active social media page to concur with our increased activities. NHSC Equine Studies & Ag-tivities and NHSC Holistic Gardening & Wellness Facebook pages report upcoming events and shares success stories along with pictures and videos to document department efforts as well as to post educational videos and educational print materials. Our NHSC Agriculture staff and faculty has been featured speakers in the following events, conferences, and trainings for this reporting period: TR4HS (Therapeutic Riding for Heart and Soul) Annual Banquet (November 2019) and North Dakota PATH (Professional Association of Therapeutic Riding) Annual Conference. NHSC provided 16 hours of training on Natural Horsemanship methods and Trauma-Informed Equine Assisted Psychotherapy to be used for annual PATH certification hours. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will continue to pursue increased outreach for each of our three program goals, focusing particularly on increasing educational opportunities and collaborating with community partners. We continue to focus and grow our partnerships with Fort Berthold Diabetes Program, tribally-owned Healing Horse Ranch, and NDSU Fort Berthold Extension. These partners are important to our success and by working with these partners we can often leverage manpower and resources in order toaccomplish common goals. Additionally, due to COVID we will continue to expand our virtual and online offerings of community education. We will continue to createhigh quality Holistic Gardening and Wellness community educational videos for posting on our social media pages. We are developing plans to possibly collect these videos into an online community education course format, similar to the NDSU Master Gardener community education series.
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What was accomplished under these goals?
1) Community Gardens: Even due to COVID-19, we kepta high community participation rate in the college community gardening program. This year we had all 20 of our community garden plots successfullymanaged by community members and organizations. We created programming to help community members start gardens at their homes, providing labor, materials, supplies, and seeds depending on need. We continue to plan our NHSC Gardening land distribution to reflect goals of increasing sustainable, permaculture, and culturally relevant practices. Additionally, we continue to study and implementregenerative agriculture practices to our gardens. The U.S. Corp of Engineers approved an additional 20 acres of gardening space, bringing our total gardening space to 30 acres. In the new 20 acres of gardening space, we planted an orchard consisting of a number of hardy northern fruit bearing trees. 2) Community Sustainability Programming (Farmer's Markets/Recycling/Composting): We offered oneFarmer's Marketin September 2019. We had excellence attendance as we moved our market from the NHSC gardens to main street in New Town during homecoming week. Also, in September 2019, NHSC hosted a tribal Local Foods Conference with guest speakers, including the MHA Nation tribal chairman, who spoke onthe importance of future plans for Food Sovereignty for the MHA Nation. In December 2019 our Garden Manager, Ag Faculty, and Land Grant director all attended a weekend short course in Regenerative Agriculture hosted by the Soil Health Academy and California State University, Chico. Ag faculty attended a Holistic Management conference.Our Garden Manager attended the Northern Plains local foods and sustainability conference in January 2020.This professional development primes us to continue to incorporate sustainability and Regenerative Agriculture principles in our gardens and to add additional Local Foods and Regenerative Agricultureprogramming, research, and curriculum in the future. In Fall 2020, due to COVID we were unable to host Farmer's Markets for the community. Instead we offered CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) baskets direct from the NHSC gardens to community members. In-season produce was picked and placed into baskets, ready for pick-up at the gardens on Tuesdays during the harvest season. Fall 2019 we provided the following in-person workshops and seminars:Composting, Beet Pickling, Food Preservation, and Integrated Pest Management (all held in October 2019) Starting Spring 2020. due to COVID-19 we switched from in-person seminars and workshops to Facebook Live and YouTube videos shared to community members on our NHSC Holistic Gardening & Wellnessand NHSC Native American Studies Facebook pages. We provided the following video seminars during this reporting period: seed starting, mulching, fire cider, and elderberry elixir. 3) Community Equine Educational Programming: An important partner to meeting our Equine Educational Programming goals is the tribally owned, Healing Horse Ranch. We partnered with the Ranch to provide a Barrel Racing series for community members - hosting 3barrel races Fall 2019with over 40 participants for each race. We also offered equine educational seminars in for the community at the Healing Horse Ranch, which includedtwoweekend equine seminars and two farrier seminars. In September 2019, we brought in equine professionals from industry tocoverPerformance Horse andNatural Horsemanship principles for NHSC students and Fort Berthold community members. Each seminar served 15 community participants as well as an additional 15 auditors (observers). The twofarrier educational seminars, one in November 2019 and one in March 2020, taught18 and 10 students respectively the basics of proper hoof care for horses. NHSC Equine faculty and students hosted a "Horse Fun Day" October2019 for area youth providing opportunities to ride and learn about horses as well as a adult-version of"Horse Fun Day" for NHSC staff,as part of NHSC's "De-stress Fest", in December 2019. In March 2020, we hosted "Beyond the Horse", which is a Gestalt-based Equine Assisted Psychotherapy workshop for local mental health providers, community members, and NHSC students. In March 2020, we partnered with TR4HS (Therapeutic Riding for Heart and Soul) located in Bismarck, ND to provide Therapeutic Riding and Equine Assisted Learning services one day a week at the Healing Horse Ranch to local special needs K-12 students and community members with disabilities. In Spring 2020, we provided 12 Equine Assisted Learning sessions, and 8 Therapeutic Riding sessions. Summer 2020 we provided 36 Therapeutic Riding sessions. In Fall 2020, we provided 16 hours of Equine Assisted Learning and 8 Therapeutic Riding. Note that we did stop sessions due to COVID when appropriate and when sessions could resume, we implemented the proper CDC guidelines.
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Target Audience:Our target audience for extension activities includes two levels of community. First included the NHSC students andstaff/faculty. Secondly, the Fort Berthold community at large. We made special efforts to partner with tribal organizations including the Elbowoods Health System Network (Diabetes and other prevention programs), the Healing Horse Ranch, South Segment Wellness & Sustainability, NDSU Fort Berthold Extension, as well as the more rural segments of the Fort Berthold reservation (e.g. Parshall, Mandaree, White Shield, and Twin Butttes). Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The Agriculture Department's equine faculty attended Natural Horsemanship training seminars. Additionally, Agriculture Department staff attended a number of regenerative agriculture / sustainability conferences and seminars : Northern Plains Sustianibility Conference, Native Food Conference, and a Regenerative Agriculture/Holistic Management conference. Additionally, one additional team member completed the NDSU Master Gardener course Spring 2019. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?We have developed a very active social media page to concur with our increased activities. NHSC Ag-tivities Facebook page reports upcoming events and shares success stories along with pictures and videos to document department efforts. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will continue to pursue increased outreach for each of our three program goals, focusing particularly on increasing educational opportunities and collaborating with community partners. We continue to focus and grow our partnerships with Fort Berthold Diabetes Program, tribally-owned Healing Horse Ranch, and NDSU Fort Berthold Extension. These partners are important to our success and by working with thesepartners we can often leverage manpower and resources in order to accomplish common goals.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1) Community Gardens:During this reporting period, we hired a new Garden Manager/Local Foods Coordinator which has allowed us to expand our gardens and programming. We continue to keep a high community participation rate in the college community gardening program. This is in large part due to our increased marketing capacity. This year we have 20 successful garden plots managed by community members and organizations. We continue to plan our gardening land distribution to reflect goals of increasing sustainable, permaculture, and culturally relevant practices. Additionally, we are studying and implementing some regenerative agriculture practices to our gardens. The U.S. Corp of Engineers approved an additional 20 acres of gardening space, bringing our total gardening space to 30 acres. We are making plans for an orchard in the new acreage. We provided the following seminars during this reporting period: Seed Starting Series (3 sessions) and a Planting Class, both in April 2019. 2) Community SustainabilityProgramming (Farmer's Markets/Recycling/Composting): We offered 3 Farmer's Markets in September 2019. We had good attendance as we focused on promoting ourlocal produce during the harvest season. Our newly hired Garden Manager/Local Foods Coordinator revived a dead recycling program at NHSC. She reestablished the recycling bins and created student committee to oversee the recycling process. She also worked with the NHSC kitchen to ensure the collection of proper kitchen waste to be composted. Additionally, some of our team attended the Native Food Conference in October 2018learning more about sustainable and culturally relevant programming; our new Garden Manager attended the Northern Plains local foods and sustainability conference, another team member attended a Regenerative Agriculture/Holistic Management conference, andan additional team member completedthe NDSU Master Gardener course in Spring 2019. This professional development primes us to add additional sustainability programming in the upcoming years. 3) Community Equine Educational Programming: An important partner to meeting our Equine Educational Programming is the tribally owned, Healing Horse Ranch. We partnered with the Ranch to provide a Barrel Racing series for community members - hosting 5 barrel races Fall 2018 with over 40 participants for each race.We also offered equine educational seminars for the community at the Healing Horse Ranch. We offered 3 weekend equineseminars between September 2018and August 2019, bringing in equine professionals from the industry to teach the seminar to Fort Bertholdcommunity members. Each seminar served 15 community participants as well as an additional 15 auditors (observers).NHSC Equine students hosted"Horse Fun Days" for area youth providing opportunities to ride and learn about horses. Each session served over 50 youth. We partnered with NDSU Extension and MHA Education Department to host a Native Horse Mask making workshop in April 2019. The workshop served 24 participants. Finally, we were featured as the educational resource at the North Dakota Horse Expo in Minot, ND in May 2019. We provided and sponsored workshops for community members as well were provided a booth space to promote our equine programming.
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