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=Overview and Mission= | |||
White Earth Land Recovery Project is an independent non-profit organization seeking to recover lost land of the Annishinaabeg tribe. It was founded in 1989 by tribal member, Winona La Duke, and has since undergone significant growth and has witnessed an increase in Indian pride, culture, and economy (http://www.onaway.org/indig/ojibwe.htm). According to the White Earth Land Recovery Project's (WELRP) webpages, it's mission is "to facilitate recovery of the original land base of the White Earth Indian Reservation, while preserving and restoring traditional practices of sound land stewardship, language fluency, community development, and strengthening our spiritual and cultural heritage." | White Earth Land Recovery Project is an independent non-profit organization seeking to recover lost land of the Annishinaabeg tribe. It was founded in 1989 by tribal member, Winona La Duke, and has since undergone significant growth and has witnessed an increase in Indian pride, culture, and economy (http://www.onaway.org/indig/ojibwe.htm). According to the White Earth Land Recovery Project's (WELRP) webpages, it's mission is "to facilitate recovery of the original land base of the White Earth Indian Reservation, while preserving and restoring traditional practices of sound land stewardship, language fluency, community development, and strengthening our spiritual and cultural heritage." | ||
=Projects= | |||
WELRP has several projects in the works which all aim to help the environment. Some of the projects include: | WELRP has several projects in the works which all aim to help the environment. Some of the projects include: | ||
Revision as of 01:05, 26 April 2006
Overview and Mission
White Earth Land Recovery Project is an independent non-profit organization seeking to recover lost land of the Annishinaabeg tribe. It was founded in 1989 by tribal member, Winona La Duke, and has since undergone significant growth and has witnessed an increase in Indian pride, culture, and economy (http://www.onaway.org/indig/ojibwe.htm). According to the White Earth Land Recovery Project's (WELRP) webpages, it's mission is "to facilitate recovery of the original land base of the White Earth Indian Reservation, while preserving and restoring traditional practices of sound land stewardship, language fluency, community development, and strengthening our spiritual and cultural heritage."
Projects
WELRP has several projects in the works which all aim to help the environment. Some of the projects include:
Alternative energy- WELRP is against the overuse of fossil fuel energy because of the detrimental effects they have on our environment. As a result, WELRP is focused on harnessing wind power which is a good option considering that the reservation's potential for wind is very high as it is located on the edge of the Great Plains.
The Mino-Miijim (Good Food) Program- is a program designed to address the increasing diabetes epidemic occuring on the White Earth Land Reservation. According to the WELRP website, Native Americans are increasingly becoming susceptable to type 2 diabetes due to the consumption of processed foods instead of traditional diets. In Minnesota, 25 percent of native adults have diabetes. By harvesting and sustaining healthy, fresh, traditionally native foods, the chance of contracting diabetes will decrease significantly according to WELRP.
Sustainable Communities- is a project aimed at protecting the land on the reservation. WELRP stands against industrialized foods which they believe is unhealthy and unwholesome. The project stresses the need to garden, hunt, fish, and harvest food because doing so ensures the preservation of traditional agriculture and nutritional systems.
Education (Language, Undoing Racism and Youth Leadership, Youth workshops)- in order to obtain its goals, WELRP knows that it must educate people regarding the benefits of the sustainable living way of life. It is in the process of teaching children on the reservation the native language called Ojibwe. It also promotes active political participation in an effort to curb racism and allow Native Americans to have more of a voice in political affairs. It also has set up youth workshops which enable children to develop and expand upon their artistic abilities.
