SEEDS FOR SEVEN GENERATIONS

The Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture, MFA program in Creative Writing and Environment, Department of World Languages and Cultures, and American Indian Studies program invite you to join us for:
"Seeds for Seven Generations"
with
Diane Wilson
With gratitude to the Indigenous gardeners who developed so many of the world's foods, author Diane Wilson will explore the long history between seeds and human beings, with a focus on maize or corn. Wilson will also discuss the importance of the food sovereignty movement, the work of two Indigenous-led organizations, and the inspiration for her novel, The Seed Keeper.
Diane Wilson (Dakota) is a writer and educator, who has published four award-winning books as well as essays in numerous publications. Her first picture book, Where We Come From, co-written with John Coy, Sun Yung Shin, and Shannon Gibney, was released in October, 2022.
Wilson’s 2021 novel, The Seed Keeper, (Milkweed Editions) received the 2022 Minnesota Book Award for Fiction. Her memoir, Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past (Borealis Books) won a 2006 Minnesota Book Award and was selected for the 2012 One Minneapolis One Read program. Her 2011 nonfiction book, Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life (Borealis Books) was awarded the 2012 Barbara Sudler Award from History Colorado. Wilson's middle-grade biography: Ella Cara Deloria: Dakota Language Protector, was an Honor selection for the 2022 American Indian Youth Literature Award. Her essays have appeared in many anthologies, including: Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations (2021); We Are Meant to Rise (2021); and A Good Time for the Truth (2016).
Wilson has received a 2013 Bush Foundation Fellowship as well as awards from Minnesota State Arts Board, the Jerome Foundation, and a 50 Over 50 Award from Pollen/Midwest. Wilson is the former Executive Director for Dream of Wild Health, an Indigenous non-profit farm, and the Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance, a national coalition of tribes and organizations working to create sovereign food systems for Native people. Wilson is a Mdewakanton descendent, enrolled on the Rosebud Reservation.

Thank you to our wonderful co-sponsors for their generous contributions to make this event happen:
MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment
Department of World Languages and Cultures
American Indian Studies Program