Food Summit 2022 Ignite! Presentation: Palouse Band’s Land Story - Carrie Jim Schuster & Ione Jones

2022 Virtual Food Summit - Food for All: Scaling Up Local Food Production on the Palouse Palouse Band’s Principles of Cultural & Environmental Sustainability and Land Story Presenters: AYATOOTONMI, Carrie Jim Schuster and ILL-LA-WAL-LA-LITZ-TUNMI, Ione I. Jones AYATOOTONMI Carrie Jim Chapman was born into a highly spiritual family. She arrived during a ceremony central to the belief system of her people, and she grew up in the spiritual beliefs of Snake River Palouse Indians. In many ways, Carrie’s life also has been a ceremony that has made her a strong Snake River-Palouse women. Her story is intimately tied to women and their history of women within the Plateau Indian communities. Women taught Carrie proper behavior in accordance with the spiritual philosophy of támanwit. Carrie’s autobiography emphasizes the role of girls and women within her community. In fact, Carrie’s family associated with many indigenous people and tribes that shared their belief in following the pre