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GARDEN NEWS

In This Issue

Introduction to the team pg. 2

Center of Rural Affairs pg. 3

Upcoming Events pg. 4

Dakota Word of the Day/

Secret Garden Tips pg. 5

3 Sisters Workshop pgs. 6 & 7

Nebraska Indian Community

College pgs. 8 & 9

Back Page Story

The Santee Garden and Market Project The Santee Garden and Market Project is a joint effort of the Center for Rural Affairs and the Nebraska Indian Community College. Working together and building on grassroots interest and support, the project is bringing fresh foods and healthy eating back to Santee.

What do we do?

Community Workshops Training and assistance on growing, harvesting, preserving and cooking fresh food from your garden and foods native to Santee. Trainings on marketing and selling produce from your garden. Demonstration meals representing how to cook and prepare foods from our garden to share with family, friends and market customers

Home Garden Visits Our garden team will visit your garden throughout the summer to an-swer any questions and help with garden advice. Let us know if you want us to stop by and visit your garden! Unci Maka (GrandMother Earth) Public Market 2015 Located at the Ohiya Casino & Resort, the Public Market is an oppor-tunity for Santee gardeners to sell extra produce to make a small in-come. We also welcome bead workers, arts & crafts persons, bakers and other community members to sell homemade & handmade items. Good Foods Place Look out for a weekly distribution of fresh, locally grown produce for sale right in the heart of Santee! The Good Foods Place will sell bags of fresh produce for $5 or $10 starting in July. This is an opportunity for Santee gardeners to grow and sell their own produce.

Santee Garden to Market Newsletter May 2015

“Missouri River Basin” Santee, NE

Created & edited by Harper Saul I Edited by Veronica Erenberg I Contributors: Kelsey Medina & Wanda Henke

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Jim Hallum,

NICC Tribal Extension

Veronica Erenberg,

Project Manager Kelsey Medina,

Community Foods Assistant

Miss Julene Kay, Garden Manager

Harper Saul,

Community Foods Intern

The Garden Team

The Garden Team pro-

vides garden visits for

anyone who has ques-

tions or needs advice

with their garden.

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Our Mission

Establish strong rural communities, social and economic justice, environmental stewardship, and

genuine opportunity for all while engaging people in decisions that affect the quality of their lives

and the future of their communities.

Our Values

Since its inception, the Center has resisted the role of advocating for the interests of any particular

group. Instead, we have chosen to advance a set of values - values that reflect the best of Rural

America. Ultimately, we believe it is in the interest of all to create a future reflecting those values.

We value:

RESPONSIBILITY placed upon each of us to contr ibute to our community and society.

CONSCIENCE that balances self-interest with an obligation to the common good and future-

generations.

PROGRESS that strengthens rural communities, small businesses, and family farms and

ranches.

Genuine OPPORTUNITY for all to earn a living, raise a family, and prosper in a rural place.

Citizen INVOLVEMENT and ACTION to shape the future.

Widespread OWNERSHIP and CONTROL of small businesses, farms, and ranches by those

who work them.

FAIRNESS that allows all who contr ibute to the nation's prosper ity to share in it.

STEWARDSHIP of the natural environment upon which all of us - current and future gen-

erations - rely.

We live in an era of profound change - when institutions, policy, and life are being fundamen-

tally reshaped. It is a critical time for people of conscience to work together in guiding change

to reflect our highest values. To that we commit the Center for Rural Affairs.

Values. Worth. Action.

Check out our website: www.cfra.org

Facebook: facebook.com/ruralaffairs

The Santee Garden and Market Project is a joint effort of the Center for Rural Affairs and the

Nebraska Indian Community College. Working together and building on grassroots interest and

support, the project is bringing fresh foods and healthy eating back to Santee.

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Dakota Word of The Day:

Ḣtayetu

Ḣtayetu kiŋ de ye kte

He will go this evening.

WE ARE HIRING!

JOB POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

POSITION: Market Manager– Unci Maka (Grandmother Earth) Public Market & Good Foods Place

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Assist Project Manager and Santee Gardens team in launching the Santee Public Market and Good Foods Place this summer.

Recruit and assist new vendors including gardeners, bakers, cooks, artists & craftsperson with advice and guidance to sell at market.

Setup and run Public Market every Saturday from June-October.

HOURS: Part-time, 10-15 hrs/week, some evening & Saturday hours included. 20 hrs during summer. RATE OF COMPENSATION: $15 per hours, Workman’s comp and travel reimbursement. REPORTS TO: Veronica Erenberg, Project Manager, Center for Rural Affairs, Yankton, SD in partner-ship with Jim Hallum, Tribal Extension Agent at the Nebraska Indian Community College Start Date: June 2015 (Flexible) End Date: Oct 2015 (flexible) No marketing experience needed. Learn on the job. Have strong interpersonal skills, ability to work in a team, able to work outside & lift tents/tables. Must have driver’s license, reliable transportation and ac-cessible by phone & email. For more information, pick up application at the Nebraska Indian Community College or contact Veronica Erenberg, 267-679-1251, veronicae@cfra.org or Jim Hallum, 402-961-0085, jhallum@thenicc.edu

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Three Sisters Indian Corn Planting Workshop

↪ Don LaPointe, Indian Corn Sowing Demo

May 13th at N.I.C.C, Santee

↪ Veronica passing out the corn seeds.

TIPS FOR PLANTING SWEET CORN Prepare enough land to sow 8-15 rows of

corn, 3ft apart, 10-20 feet long. Rows can be longer.

Sow each corn kernel 4-6 inches apart. Check your corn plot everyday. Water your

corn plot frequently. Do not let the soil dry out.

“My grandparents would sow pumpkin seeds between the corn to keep weeds down.” Don LaPointe Sr.

Ask Don for more info on planting corn!

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Corn Soup, Wozupi and Frybread

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Nebraska Indian Community College

Check out our backyard! We are putting up buffalo

fence to keep those pesky deer out of our garden!

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Home of the Santee Community Garden

Empty, tilled fields before planting corn and vegetables. We will keep you up-to-date on how the garden is

growing throughout the summer! Stay tuned!

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Use avocados from commods! Recipe by: Don LaPointe Sr.

Ingredients:

2 avocados (make sure they are soft)

2 large tomatoes ( ripe )

2 large sweet onions

1 or 2 jalapenos (cut out seeds)

Directions:

Dice up tomatoes, onions and jalapenos. Lightly sauté jala-

penos. Stir everything together until smooth. Add a pinch of ore-

gano and garlic salt. Pour about a tablespoon of lime juice. Stir

again and enjoy! EAT ALONE IF YOU WISH! (Don’s words)

Some of these ingredients can be grown in your garden or can

come from commods.

1 apple

Cilantro

Lime or lemon juice

Oregano

Garlic salt

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Contact Us

Give us a call for more infor-

mation about our services and

mission:

Garden News

Jim Hallum: 402-961-

0085

Veronica Erenberg: 267-

679-1251

Julene Kay: 402-857-2604

Harper Saul

Kelsey Medina

WANTED

Looking for ideas, recipes, pictures or any thing you would like to see in this newsletter for next month’s issue. If interested please get in touch.

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