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SEED PROTECTORS: CARING FOR INDIGENOUS PLANTS OF TOMORROW
(ROUNDTABLE) in english*
Stephen McComber
Ashley Lyons
Martín Rodríguez
INFORMATION
14/10, 6PM
SBC galerie d'art contemporain372 Rue Sainte-Catherine O Suite 507, Montréal, QC
Free Event
All Ages Welcome
Cet événement se déroulera en anglais.
Les interventions du public en français sont les bienvenues.
As part of the public program of the exhibition NOUS/OTRXS, artist Martín Rodríguez will be joined by Stephen McComber, Chief at the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke and traditional Haudenosaunee knowledge and seed keeper, and Ashley Lyons from Tkà:nios, a community initiative which promotes Indigenous food sovereignty and traditional foodways through land-based learning.
Together, they will reflect on how their work in land stewardship and community resilience sustains cultural memory and fosters sustainable futures.
ABOUT STEPHEN MCCOMBER
Stephen McComber is a Council Chief responsible for the Sustainable Development portfolio at the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke and a traditional Haudenosaunee knowledge and seed keeper. Founder of the Haudenosaunee Seed Keepers Society, he has dedicated his life to preserving ancestral plant varieties and traditional agricultural knowledge. Through his work with Kanien’kehá:ka land-based practices, he promotes Indigenous food sovereignty, cultural resilience, and the intergenerational transmission of knowledge.
ABOUT ASHLEY LYONS
Ashley Wahiaronkwas Morris Lyons is a Wolf Clan woman of the Mohawk Nation, and contributor to the Tkà:nios project- a grassroots initiative in Kahnawà:ke dedicated to revitalizing traditional foodways. She brings together intergenerational knowledge of foraging, growing, and harvesting to strengthen community connections to land and sustenance. Her role as a mother has inspired her to promote the continuation of traditional Haudenosaunee lifeways, so that they may be passed down to the generations to come. In collaboration with community members and partners, Ashley envisions Tkà:nios growing into a vibrant community food hub, one that nourishes cultural identity, supports food sovereignty, strengthens community and sustains future generations.
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