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  • I looked it up:

    According to the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture, there are ~78k producers, ~58k farms, on ~63 million acres.1

    Specifically in this case, the Cherokee Nation has its own Secretary of Natural Resources and a dedicated Seed Bank program that distributes traditional heirloom seeds (like Cherokee White Eagle Corn) to thousands of tribal citizens every year to maintain food sovereignty.2,3 However, Native American agriculture is a multi-billion dollar industry.

    It’s not "subsistence" in the 1700s sense; it’s a mix of large-scale ranching, commercial cropping, and traditional community gardens.

    Regarding the renaissance I mentioned: There is a massive "Food Sovereignty" movement right now where tribes are reclaiming their health and economies by growing their own traditional foods to combat issues like diabetes and food deserts.4 So these traditional methods are very much ongoing and evolving.

    Many of these operations work with researchers using traditional methods. There is a lot of experimenting right now.5,6

    1: https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Highlights/2024/Census22_HL_AmericanIndianANProducers.pdf

    2: https://naturalresources.cherokee.org/ethnobiology/seed-bank/

    3: https://www.cherokee.gov/our-government/secretary-of-natural-resources-office/

    4: https://indigenousfoodandag.com/

    5: https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/1325

    6: https://organicagcentre.ca/cultural-and-indigenous-agricultural-wisdom/why-indigenous-seed-keepers-hold-the-future-of-canadian-agriculture/

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  • There is a huge community of indigenous agriculture in the US. I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few Cherokee operations going. From what I see on IG it is going through a bit of a renaissance, but it is not my field.

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  • aaaaa lmfao sorry autistic moment

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  • Having worked directly with these communities and their material culture, this is what I was taught, but I am happy to be corrected if there is another better perspective.

    EDIT: I checked, since I am old and sometimes out of date. The Smithsonian and Library of Congress have switched terms since about 2022 to Haudenosaunee. https://americanindian.si.edu/sites/1/files/pdf/education/haudenosauneeguide.pdf

    Edit, Edit: I get the joke now, but you’re all trapped in here with me now, so here’s an info-dump: I used "Iroquois" interchangeably until about 2022, which is right around when the American Anthropological Association and the Smithsonian made the formal switch. While "Iroquoian" is still used as a technical linguistic category, "Iroquois" is being phased out as a name for the people because of its colonial origins and its potential interpretation as a slur. I remember hmming and hawing about it back then, but ultimately, as I’ve learned more about Indigenous sovereignty, "Iroquois" just feels increasingly dated now in any context.

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  • The Iroquois are the Haudenosaunee. The latter is the more respectful and culturally appropriate term.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois

    Haudenosaunee ("People of the Longhouse") is the autonym by which the Six Nations refer to themselves.[23] While its exact etymology is debated, the term Iroquois is of colonial origin. Some scholars of Native American history consider "Iroquois" a derogatory name adopted from the traditional enemies of the Haudenosaunee.[24] A less common, older autonym for the confederation is Ongweh’onweh, meaning "original people".[25][26][27]

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  • fedi is my home

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  • Make it and set it up later when you feel like it. :) That's what I did.

  • fedi is my home

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  • Create the spaces you want to see, it is very low effort, then put up a post asking for others to help so they can get to it when you are not there. We rarely get problems other than spam here and there, but the small ones are extremely quiet. No one is spamming !orchidaceae@mander.xyz lmao. If you have a team, you can pass it off if you get burnt out and replaced. Do not be afraid! We need a diverse array of mods, do not let us get like Reddit where too many are controlled by a handful of folks. I fully plan on releasing many of mine to a team of more qualified folks when the time comes. :)

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  • I hate having greasy hands. I agree.

  • TIL for at last 15 years US government has been able to implant hardware into USB cables to turn them into hacking devices with wireless capability.

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  • As for now they are welcome to my data more than Palantir lol.

  • As Trump’s DHS Ravages US, Schumer Says His Job Is “to Fight for Aid to Israel”

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  • He shouldn't really be there in the first place.

  • 'It Came From Something Awful' Blames 4chan for Trump

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  • It's a great read and reflects what I saw too back in those early mass forum days. Would be interested to hear others. I have been meaning to find the pdf again and search for Epstein lmao.

  • 'It Came From Something Awful' Blames 4chan for Trump

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  • Lmao

  • As Trump’s DHS Ravages US, Schumer Says His Job Is “to Fight for Aid to Israel”

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  • I'm more worried that he cares for his imaginary friends more than his own constituents.

  • As Trump’s DHS Ravages US, Schumer Says His Job Is “to Fight for Aid to Israel”

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  • It's treason, not dereliction.

  • TIL for at last 15 years US government has been able to implant hardware into USB cables to turn them into hacking devices with wireless capability.

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  • Good thing I only buy cheap cables on aliexpress these days lmao

  • To USB, or not to USB

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  • Listen, not all of us are proud of everything we plug our holes with.

  • To USB, or not to USB

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  • You won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload — scaling down Copilot and rethinking Recall in a major shift

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  • Check out Winboat!

    https://github.com/TibixDev/winboat

    I use a more manual setup version of the same concept from another earlier repo. I can run my Windows speciality software just fine.