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Aronia berries

Aronia berries (chokeberries) grown at the Dream of Wild Health farm in Hugo, Minnesota, ca. 2021. Used with the permission of Dream of Wild Health.

Alanna Norris

Alanna Norris, nutrition program coordinator at Dream of Wild Health, at the Four Sisters Farmer's Market in Minneapolis in the summer of 2021. Used with the permission of Dream of Wild Health.

Felicia Galvan and Alyssa Parkhurst

Felicia Galvan and Alyssa Parkhurst sell Dream of Wild Health produce at the Four Sisters Farmer's Market in Minneapolis in the summer of 2021. Used with the permission of Dream of Wild Health.

Dream of Wild Health Executive Director Neely Snyder (fourth from right) surrounded by current and former Board members and former director Diane Wilson (second from left) at the Turning of the Soil event held on September 9, 2022. The event kicked off the construction project on a recently purchased twenty-acre property down the street from Dream of Wild Health’s existing farm in Hugo. Used with the permission of Dream of Wild Health.

Dream of Wild Health

Dream of Wild Health is a regenerative farm in Hugo, Minnesota, that offers programs to restore the health and well-being of the Native American community in Minneapolis–St. Paul. Founded in 1998, it is one of the oldest Native-led non-profit organizations in the Twin Cities and has one of the largest Indigenous seed collections in the country.

Little Wolf, William (1899–1953)

William Little Wolf left his home on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation as a child to attend a series of boarding schools. In 1917, he ran away from Carlisle Indian Industrial School in order to join the Navy and fight for the United States in World War I. He earned praise for his service as a gunner on the USS Utah and returned in 1919 to live out the rest of his life in Minnesota.