The Gift of Buffalo Creek Squash

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Three returned Buffalo Creek squash rest on the outskirts of Yale Farm after posters went up announcing the squash went missing. (Photo Provided/ Fafa Van Ha)

On this episode of SEASONED (CT Public Radio) Tagan Engel speaks with Hi’ilei Hobart, a professor of Native and Indigenous Studies at Yale, and Rebecca Salazar, a student seed keeper with the Yale Native American Cultural Center and the Yale Sustainable Food Project. They spoke at the Yale farm about their adventure this year - growing and saving seeds of the special Haudenosaunee Buffalo Creek squash. These two indigenous women also speak about the importance they feel in connecting with indigenous and ancestral foods such as the three sisters: beans, corn and squash - to counter the challenges of colonization.

This story won 1st place from the CT Society of Professional Journalists, Excellence in Journalism Award 

Seasoned —  Nov 20, 2023