Intertribal Agriculture Council was founded in 1987 to pursue and promote the conservation, development and use of our agricultural resources for the betterment of our people. Become a member.

Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance (NAFSA) is restoring, supporting, and developing Indigenous food systems. Donate here.

Regional Indigenous Seed Growers Cooperative organized by NAFSA are working toward a comprehensive regional seeds exchange model to help support access and kinship networks for sharing Indigenous seeds. Donate here.

North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS) founded by The Sioux Chef is dedicated to addressing the economic and health crises affecting Native communities by re-establishing Native foodways. Donate here.

I-Collective is an autonomous group of Indigenous chefs, activists, herbalists, seed, and knowledge keepers, striving to open a dialogue and create a new narrative that highlights not only historical Indigenous contributions, but also promotes the community's resilience and innovations in gastronomy, agriculture, the arts, and society at large. Donate here.

Wild Bearies is an educational, community outreach nonprofit that strives to bring ancestral foods to communities in a nurturing and nourishing way. With goals of building stronger tribal communities through food, they also offer a mentorship program. Get involved.

Sovereign EarthWorks is a Black and Indigenous collective working towards food sovereignty, land liberation, and healing using food and farming as a way of continuing their ancestral legacy of land stewardship. Become a patron.

From Garden Warriors to Good Seeds: Indigenizing the Local Food Movement is a project focused on Native American farming, gardening, and food sovereignty initiatives exploring what motivates people to become part of these gardening projects, their challenges, and how each community defines food sovereignty. Get involved.

The Toasted Sister Podcast is a radio show about the Indigenous food movement by writer and photographer Andi Murphy. Become a patron.

Gather is a documentary film about the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political, and cultural identities through food sovereignty while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide. Watch Gather via Itunes or Amazon.

The Sioux Chef is a collective of Anishinaabe, Mdewakanton Dakota, Navajo, Northern Cheyenne, Oglala Lakota, Wahpeton-Sisseton Dakota chefs, ethnobotanists, food preservationists, and others committed to revitalizing Native American Cuisine, re-identifying North American Cuisine, and reclaiming an important culinary culture long-buried and often inaccessible. Purchase The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen cookbook.

Linda Black Elk (@linda.black.elk) is an ethnobotanist and food sovereignty activist specializing in building relationships with plants.

Chef Crystal Wahpepah of Wahpepah's Kitchen received the Indigenous Artist and Activist Award, and was inducted into the Native American Almanac as the first Native American Woman Entrepreneur Catering Business in Oakland, CA.

Chef Elena Terry (@wild.bearies) is the Food and Culinary Program Coordinator for the NAFSA, where she runs the Indigenous Chef Mentorship Program. She is also the Executive Chef/Founder of the Wild Bearies nonprofit.

Chef Dave Smoke-McCluskey (@tehanatsiawenrie) is the owner of Local Pop Catering: A Local Chefs Collective and @cornmafia. He is an Indigenous Foods Educator promoting utilizing sustainable, local, historical, and regional ingredients from local and regional farms, as well as wild foraged foods and medicines.

Brian Yazzie aka Yazzie The Chef (@yazzie_thechef) is a Diné/Navajo chef focusing on pre-colonial cuisine and a food justice activist from Dennehotso, Arizona on the Navajo Nation and based out of Saint Paul, MN. He is the founder of Intertribal Foodways catering company, a YouTube creator under Yazzie The Chef TV, a delegate of Slow Food Turtle Island Association, and a member at I-Collective.

Dennehotso Families COVID-19 Relief Fund is a grassroots collective with a mission to help provide long-term support for elders and families in need during this pandemic. They focus on the community of Dennehotso, AZ and surrounding areas. Donate here.

Gatherings Cafe at the Minneapolis American Indian Center is a community-embraced café that encourages eating healthy and educating through ancestral knowledge, while serving fresh, locally grown Indigenous foods. They are currently feeding Indigenous elders through the pandemic with culturally appropriate and healthy meals. Follow #FeedingOurElders.

James Beard Foundation Food and Beverage Investment Fund for Black and Indigenous Americans is a new fund that is part of the Foundation’s ongoing commitment to continually lift up the Black and Indigenous business owners in the food industry. Find application criteria here.

The Michael James Jackson Foundation is a grant-making organization that funds scholarship awards to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color within the brewing and distilling trades. The program is open to candidates at the beginning of their careers, as well as those looking to continue their education. Apply here and donate here.

Bow & Arrow: At the base of the legendary Sleeping Ute Mountain, between Four Corners Monument and Mesa Verde National Park, lies the home of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. That’s where Bow & Arrow started in 1962. We’ve been proudly producing high-quality products ever since. 

Sakari Botanicals: Sakari Farms grows Native American Tribal Foods, offers on-farm Technical Assistance through on-farm classes, and implements research-based tribal seed production, contract, and wholesale growing. Current growing creations consist of specialty tribal peppers, tomatoes, herbs, and one-of-a-kind native flowers. 

Ute Bison: Offering fresh, bison meat. Our bison are 100% antibiotic and hormone-free. Fresh cuts are made available at Ute Plaza Supermarket in Fort Duchesne, Utah (Uintah Basin).

Seka Hills: Sustainable goods like olive oil, wine, and vinegar from The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation Tribe, honoring the legacy of our ancestors who lived as part of the landscape by protecting and preserving the natural balance in their environment.

Intertribal Agriculture Council will be going live soon with an online store, which will be an excellent resource for supporting Indigenous producers. Learn more here.

12 Native-Owned Food Businesses to Support via Civil Eats

Native-owned Food Companies via Toasted Sister Podcast

Unlearning the History of Thankstaking curated by I-Collective

Reclamation Feast – Join us for a virtual celebration of Native food culture. Learn to make recipes using traditional heirloom ingredients and hear from Indigenous chefs and community leaders who are using food to reclaim their heritage and teach others about sovereignty, food justice, and deep ancestral healing. Watch on demand.

Indigenous Roots: Exploring the Crossroads of African American and Indigenous American Cuisine – join us for a virtual panel exploring how African American and Indigenous American foods are essential to the American experience. Watch on demand.