OUR VISIONThe Alliance of Native Seedkeepers seeks out a future where indigenous peoples may live with the security of food, health, culture, environment, unity, and justice.OUR MISSIONWe redevelop the spiritual bonds our people have with the seeds which in return teaches us how to become more environmentally, culturally, economically, and health conscious.

"Today we are faced with a number of threats to our very existence, illnesses such as diabetes and cancer, hunger and undernourishment, food deserts and poor education as well as cultural insecurity, all of which pushes us closer to a cultural extinction. For us, it just made sense to return to the root of our identity and revive our communities from there. The problem was, even our land and agriculture was endangered.Goals• Rebuild and maintain our food diversity and their stories; uses and traditions.• Encourage healthier, traditional diets by making supply and knowledge more accessible• Reduce the impact of food deserts and food insecurity.• Rebuild our soil and educate our communities on traditional perma-culture practices.• Utilize our agriculture to help further revive and protect the many other aspects of our culture, such as language and arts.• Preserve our natural environmental resources and educate on their importance.• Take our knowledge and resources and gift it to our many other struggling communities so they too can enjoy the security of their natural resources for generations to come.• Develop a seed exchange focused on our indigenous communities.• Initiate a traditional breeding program to cultivate crops better adapted for our changing climate to assist in maintaining food security for generations to come.• Offer banking services for the various tribal communities and nations which currently lack the resources to protect the seed themselves. • Assist in developing seed libraries among the various indigenous nations.• Offer programs the bring sources of income to local community members, as well as other relatives and friends across Turtle Island."As the founding member of the organization, I've had to wear all the hats within the program to see to its success, which included self financing, fundraising, grant allocation, land acquisition for farming, seed acquisition and saving, field labor, education, and much more.