Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria

OAEC and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (FIGR) have been collaborating on a series of training programs for the FIGR Coast Miwok and Southern Pomo tribal members from around the Bay Area. In 2007 we led a series of three-day workshops at OAEC for 20 FIGR members on Traditional Environmental Knowledge. Together we explored principles of ecology, traditional environmental wisdom, and native flora and fauna, with the goal of becoming better practitioners of cultural regeneration and biological restoration.

In 2008 we are continuing this collaboration with a new set of three-day workshops at OAEC for 20 FIGR members — this year focusing on organic gardening, food, herbs, and nutrition. OAEC will also host a weekend workshop for 15 young members of FIGR — ages 12 to 18 — on Traditional Environmental Knowledge. OAEC and FIGR are also working together on several public education events, and a project to develop organic community gardens in the city of Rohnert Park.

Contact Dave Henson (ext. 214) for more information.