Debweyendan Indigenous Gardens

In 2019, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community - Natural Resources Department expanded the People’s Garden (located at 16037 Brewery Rd n L’Anse) to promote inter-generational learning and access to healthy foods and medicines through the Debweyendan (“Believe in it”) Indigenous Gardens (DIGs) initiative. DIGs aims to promote food sovereignty, strengthen wellbeing and cultural identity, and sustain knowledge for future generations. Throughout the 2019 Summer and Fall harvesting seasons, the Natural Resource Department provided free gardening and harvesting workshop series which all were welcome to attend.

A StoryMap has been created to summarize the workshops that took place and the teachings that were shared. A portfolio was also created as a guide for holding community workshops. Click on the buttons below to check them out!