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Reclaim. Regenerate. Rematriate.
The rat race of the next best energy source most times comes at the expense of the degradation of our land, water, and air. A just economy is what is highly important for the well-being and health of all communities, especially those that are low-income and marginalized. Capitalism and patriarchy has fueled the greed of many self-serving billionaires who extract more than what our Mother Earth can handle. Fires, catastrophic floods and tornadoes, and drought have increased over the past decade.
Our rematriation work is centered around creating a regenerative and healthy future long after we are gone. We are partnering with local environmental groups to encourage the return of our traditional first foods and creating community gardens while advocating on a national level of a clean, just, and equitable future for energy sources.
Protecting Our Waterways (P.O.W.)
Red Sky Nation is proud to collaborate with various local artists and organizations on this interactive community-based art project that centers environmental issues. This is a four-part series that meets weekly with a different topic to lead the conversations. These are free events offered to the general public to come, learn, and converse. At the end of the series, a community art mural will be designed and worked on by the community with the help of local artists. In addition, storm drains will also be painted during the SUX Pride annual Gay Pride event to help keep trash out of them. To learn more about this project, please visit Brutal Doodles.
We highly encourage anyone living in the Siouxland area to come and plug into these free events! You can also access livestreams via Red Sky Nation Facebook page.
WEEK ONE: Indigenous Past, Present, and Future and the Local Landscape
WEEK TWO: Local Issues and Initiatives and Unlearning Environmental Myths
Presented by Red Sky Nation, Karina Pedroza, and Briar Cliff University Professor David Hoferer
Presented by Lexi McKee-Hemenway from Iowa Environmental Council
Community Garden Project
We are proud to partner with the Agape Community Garden in applying rematriation work in our community. Some of our goals are to bring back traditional foods such as beans, squash, and corn alongside traditional medicines like sage, sweetgrass, and tobacco. Most of our volunteers for our events and projects are Native men and women who are re-entering society from incarceration. One of our hopes is that this work becomes a form of healing justice and gives them a sense of giving back to the community that they may have harmed previously. With the recent climate of our nation, one of our biggest goals is to be provide a community greenspace that will also help those in need when it comes to food security.