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Pawnee Seed Warriors Revive Ancient Ties to Ancestors

HOMEGROWN is a regional short film initiative with its first series “Future Visions” centering on filmmakers of color from the American Midwest and on narratives that illuminate the living histories, cultures, and future visions of the region.

Pawnee Seed Warriors Revive Ancient Ties to Ancestors

Homegrown: Future Visions Episode 2 | 10m 36s | CC

In Seed Warriors, filmmaker Rebekka Schlichting follows a group of seed keepers as they work to regain food sovereignty in their ancestral homelands of Nebraska. By reclaiming their sacred corn seeds, they seek to return to the healthy, traditional lifeways of the Pawnee people.

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