TAHOMA PEAK NEWS

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Tahoma Peak Partners with Oregon State University on USDA Regional Food Business Center

Tahoma Peak Solutions is proud to partner with Oregon State University on the USDA Regional Food Business Center. The TPS team will lead outreach to Native-led and Tribal-led initiatives from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado to support the growth of Native businesses and Tribal communities. We are excited to increase resources for Native food producers and Tribal businesses through this project.

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Valerie Valerie Segrest Valerie Valerie Segrest

Fruits of Decay

In this Yes! Magazine article, Valerie Segrest (Muckleshoot) invites readers to form a deeper understanding of the diversity and wisdom of fungi and their importance to Indigenous cultures globally. Valerie pairs her knowledge of mushrooms with teachings from Martin Reinhardt (Anishinaabe Ojibway) and Meagan Baldy (Hoopa Valley). The article includes Baldy’s recipe for mushroom broth.

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Maria Maria Givens Maria Maria Givens

The Battle to Break Through: Reclaiming Indigenous Narratives

Maria Givens, along with four other Indigenous leaders, explore the importance of visibility and how these leaders work to break through to create more opportunities for Indigenous people. Featured alongside Maria are Bobby Wilson, Mark Trahant, and Aliyah Chavez.

Watch the full discussion here.

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Valerie Valerie Segrest Valerie Valerie Segrest

Medicine of the Tree People

In this Yes! Magazine article, Valerie Segrests teaches us the gifts and lessons of conifer trees in the northwest, including recipes for sun tea and conifer sea salt.

Read the full article here.

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Maria Givens presents at City of Portland Tribal Nations Summit

TPS cofounder and partner Maria Givens presented at the City of Portland’s Tribal Nations Summit on changing the narrative for Indigenous Peoples. In this training for the staff for the City of Portland, Maria was a featured keynote speaker as well as leading a break out session on technical writing.

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Maria Givens publishes piece in Vox on Native Mascots

The discussion becomes not about what we see — we all see a red cartoon character in a baseball cap — it is about how we see. I see Wahoo as a caricature of who society wants me to be — stuck in the past and almost extinct — ignoring who I really am: an educated Native American woman, proud of the people I come from, living in 2021.

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