FOR•AGE: To obtain food or provisions.

In partnership with the Native American Agriculture Fund, Flower Hill Institute is proud to announce that in the summer of 2021, Native American students in grades 7-12 had the opportunity to learn all about food sovereignty initiatives and ways to forage traditional foods at the Youth Forage Summit. Native American agricultural experts led sessions that had a deeper dive into foraging practices found across the Nation.

Summit session topics include: 

• Introduction to Food Sovereignty

• Gathering

• Growing

• Harvesting

• Introduction to Videography

Video Contest

The summit culminated in a video competition for attendees to tell their own foraging and traditional food stories. Video submissions had to focus on a foraging topic of the student’s choice: growing, gathering, or harvesting. All eligible videos were also entered to win the People’s Choice award and Technical Champion. Here are the winners of the Youth Forage Summit Video Competition.

*Click the winner’s name to see the video.

GROWING WINNERS

• 7th Grade - Riese Myers

• 8th Grade - Octavia Carey

• 9th Grade - Owen Myers

GATHERING WINNERS

• 7th Grade — Caroline Stiteler

• 8th Grade — Taiho Capoeman

• 9th Grade — Owen Myers

• 12th Grade — Jentre Jeffers

HARVESTING WINNERS

• 7th Grade — Riese Myers

• 9th Grade — Owen Myers

• 12th Grade — William Stiteler

PEOPLE’S CHOICE WINNERS

• 7th-8th Grade Winner — “Foraging-Fishing-Harvesting” by Reise Myers

• 9th-10th Grade Winner — “Fishing & Harvesting” by Owen Myers

• 11th-12th Grade Winner — “Cherokee Huckleberry Bread” by Jentre Jeffers

TECHNICAL CHAMPIONS WINNERS

• 7th-8th Grade Winner — “Wellness Sovereignty” by Taiho Capoeman

• 9th-10th Grade Winner — “Native American Growing” by Owen Myers

• 11th-12th Grade Winner — “Harvesting Food Sovereignty” by William Stiteler