Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword: in praise of seeds and hope / Winona LaDuke -- Introduction / Elizabeth Hoover and Devon A. Mihesuah -- Voices from the Indigenous food movement / Steven Bond-Hikatubbi, Carrie Calisay Cannon, Elizabeth Hoover, Laticia McNaughton, Devon A. Mihesuah, Brit Reed, Martin Reinhardt, Valerie Segrest, Sean Sherman, Chip Taylor, Elizabeth Kronk Warner, and Brain Yazzie -- "You can't say you're sovereign if you can't feed yourself": defining and enacting food sovereignty in American Indian community gardening / Elizabeth Hoover -- Searching for haknip achukma (good health): challenges to food sovereignty initiatives in Oklahoma / Devon A. Mihesuah -- Kua'āina ulu 'auamo: grassroots growing through shared responsibility / Kevin K.J. Chang, Charles K.H. Young, Brenda F. Asuncion. Wallace K. Ito, Kawika B. Winter, and Wayne C. Tanaka -- Alaska Native perceptions of food, health, and community well-being: challenging nutritional colonialism / Melaine M. Lindholm -- Health Diné Nation initiatives: empowering our communities / Denisa Livingston -- Planting sacred seeds in a modern world: restoring indigenous seed sovereignty / Rowen White -- What if the seeds do not sprout? The Cherokee Nation SeedBank & native plant site / Pat Gwin -- People of the corn: teachings in Hopi traditional agriculture, spirituality, and sustainability / Dennis Wall and Virgil Masayesva -- Comanche traditional foodways and the decline of health / Devon A. Mihesuah -- Bringing the past to the present: traditional indigenous farming in southern California / Gerald Clarke -- On intimacy with soils: Indigenous agroecology and biodynamics / Devon G. Peña -- Nephi Craig: life in second sight / Devon A. Mihesuah -- Indigenous climate justice and food sovereignty: food, climate, continuance / Kyle Powys Whyte -- Conclusion: food for thought / Elizabeth Hoover and Devon A. Mihesuah.