Seeding a Movement: Indigenous Food Sovereignty

Authors

Mariaelena Huambachano, Syracuse University

Abstract

For many Indigenous peoples, well-being is bound up with and inseparable from the natural world. But since colonialism, Indigenous traditions and access to traditional foods or foodways have been disrupted, imperiling their health and well-being. In this Article, I discuss the role of Indigenous cosmovision/worldview and Indigenous Food Sovereignty in achieving environmental justice. Specifically, in this Article, I discuss that despite, or perhaps because of, efforts to deny Indigenous peoples’ access to healthy and culturally appropriate foods, Indigenous Food Sovereignty took a rise of preciousness in informing natural regenerative food systems, and ultimately, “holistic/collective well-being.”

Recommended Citation

Mariaelena Huambachano, Seeding a Movement: Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 78 U. Mia. L. Rev. 390 (2024)
Available at: https://repository.law.miami.edu/umlr/vol78/iss2/4