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Lakota GardensLakota gardens promote healthTraditionally, the Lakota people of what is now North America ate foods such as lean buffalo and deer meat, prairie turnips (timpsila), wild plums and chokecherries. But the past 150 years of reservation life have led to a drastic change in diet. No longer allowed to hunt off the reservation, the Lakota were instead given government commodity flour, high-fat beef, sugar, tea and coffee and few options for fruits and vegetables. Diabetes and other diet-related health problems are now rampant. Some 25 percent of school-aged Oglala Lakota children are at high risk to develop diabetes. In response, Porcupine community members are developing an organic gardening project. The project provides technical assistance, loans of garden equipment such as tillers, and seeds to community members interested in planting a garden. MCC is funding the hiring of a community member who runs the project during the summer months. The gardening project is a step toward reclaiming the Lakota heritage of healthful food and self-sufficiency.
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