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OJI:SDA’ board members and officers for 2026 reflect its vision as an Indigenous women-founded and led non-profit organization.
We have been greatly heartened and inspired by the recent good news of Leonard Peltier’s executive clemency and return home to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Reservation.
Explore the key milestones and events of 2024 for OJI:SDA’ Sustainable Indigenous Futures. From impactful programs and inspiring gatherings to community-building initiatives, this blog highlights a year of growth, resilience, and connection.
Join us in celebrating the achievements that bring us closer to a thriving, sustainable future rooted in Indigenous knowledge and stewardship.
Welcome to the 2024 OJI:SDA' volunteer season! We are happy to announce that we have an official 2024 volunteer calendar available, with plans to meet at the Soil Factory and at the OJI:SDA' Forest in the coming months (AKA the Hill, for past volunteers)! We hope that this will allow for greater accessibility and a wider range of activities for everyone to enjoy :-).
We are kicking off the new season of Volunteer Community Days with a fresh location at the Soil Factory, where new baby plants and seeds will find their home in the earth. Join our incredible volunteers and register now to be part of this exciting community effort.
Join the OJI:SDA’ Center for Intergenerational Learning at out Virtual Spring Summit, themed “Learning from the Land”. Find out more by clicking here >>
Hiring! Join our Plant Care program: Project Manager; Volunteer Coordinator; & Community Outreach Coordinator.
The Land to Teapot program’s purpose is to re-establish and strengthen connections with our Indigenous community, the local community, the Land, and ancestral relationships using plant medicines, ancestral and traditional environmental knowledge. The funding from the Park Foundation helps to fund our Youth Sprouting Program and Community Weaving Program to strengthen our connection to and sustainability in the Tompkins community.
OJI:SDA’ holds the first Virtual Spring Summit that brings together educators and honored guests to learn how Land-based teaching from Indigenous Scholar Elders, Knowledge Carriers and education experts can transform the classroom space. Speakers included Tahila Mintz, Jason Corwin, Maribel Gonzalez, Beverly Singer, Geraldine Standup, Yvonne Wakim Dennis and the The Washington Ethnic Studies Now (WAESN) Youth Advisory Board (YAB).
OJI:SDA’ holds premier outdoor concert event on June 4th at South Hill Cider to raise funds to support work focused on Earth guardianship, Indigenous perspectives in classrooms, and the health and wellbeing of Indigenous people. The event features a lineup of performers, Richie Stern, Lydia Garrison, Bear Fox, La Llorona and more. Food plates for donation provided by Earth Sol Catering.
The OJI:SDA’ Center for Intergenerational Learning held its inaugural Teacher Gathering on August 24 through August 26, 2022. Teachers sat in conversation with Onondaga Elders and Purépecha, Chichimeca, and Kickapoo Knowledge Carriers. Then, teachers took what they learned to design project cycles that explicitly teach Indigenous knowledge systems using an approach that is inquiry and student-driven.