Agricultural-Related Issues on the Navajo Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Johnson Bia
Description
Agricultural Education Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1984.
Historical note:
Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.Originally published in 1921. This version transcribed, curated and with additions. The author was the Indian Agent for the "Blood and Peigan" Indians from 1898 to 1911.
Discusses the five themes which emerged from the Forum on Indigenous Agriculture: centring Indigenous knowledge and traditional relationships to the land, building capacity and respectful partnerships and relationships, financing farming and equitable economies, and translating research to policy and legislation.
Looks at the various contributing factors for the increased smoking rates of Indigenous youth in Indigenous communities.