Research Areas
- Buffalo grassland ecology
- Buffalo meat: nutrition & preference
- Buffalo dry meat: harvesting processes
- Traditional plant knowledge & community education
- Access to land for foraging and hunting
- Indigenous identity & relationship with the land
- Indigenous plant restoration
- Foodways cultural knowledge regeneration
- Indigenous food environment assessment
- Indigenous seed stewardship
- Buffalo Nations seasonal round
Education
Degrees at MSU
- PhD in Indigenous and Rural Health
- Individual Interdisciplinary PhD
- MS in Sustainable Food Systems
- MA in Native American Studies
Certificates
- Graduate Certificate Indigenous Foods Systems (launching Spring 2025)
- Seasonal-ecological model
- Tribal College & Community Instructors
- Land-Based Education
- Buffalo Caretaking: Certificate in Buffalo Husbandry
- Tribal College Certificate in Indigenous Food Systems
Buffalo Nations Food System Fellowships and Leadership Opportunities:
May – October Indigenous collaborative work building/nurturing:
Indigenous Gardens
- MSU American Indian Hall Indigenous & Culinary Garden
- MSU Horticulture Farm Ancestral Seed Garden
- Story Mill Indigenous Learning Garden in collaboration with Montana Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative
- Thirteen Mile Farm Indigenous Garden & Indigenous plant re-introduction
- Ancestral Seed Bank at MSU
- Living seed bank
- Indigenous seed distribution center
- Teaching and learning space