Sharing Seeds.

This article focuses on the environmental and cultural work of artists Api’soomaahka (Running Coyote), a Blackfoot artist and educator, and Christina Battle, an Edmonton-based artist, who engage with seed propagation and restoration through community-based projects. Api’soomaahka leads Naapi’s Garden and Katoyiss Seed Bank to regenerate native Blackfoot plants like sweetgrass, emphasizing food sovereignty and traditional ecological knowledge on Kainai First Nation lands. Battle’s projects, including “connecting thru grasses” and “seeds are meant to disperse,” circulate prairie grass seeds across the Canadian Prairies to raise awareness about habitat loss, food security, and sustainable exchange systems. Both artists address the impacts of climate change and pollution on their communities while combining Indigenous and Western knowledge to promote ecological restoration and cultural continuity. [Extracted from the article]