Zaníyan Growing Resilience Project
The Zaníyan Growing Resilience Project aims to empower communities by sharing resources for growing food and making plant medicine, fostering both health and a deep connection to the earth. While our outreach focuses on tribal communities, we serve people of all backgrounds and nations.
But for all people, helping to reduce dependence on the corporate systems that dominate our food supply.
Our ongoing initiatives include a neighborhood library, a free food pantry, and a community fridge where we share fresh produce, seeds, and plant starts. We partner with a Native American youth garden project. Each spring, we provide gardening baskets to elders and families in need.
We also participate in events such as powwows, fairs, and festivals, distributing seeds, starts, and educational materials. We offer or facilitate workshops and conferences that promote resilience, including emergency preparedness.
We believe that true resilience and self-reliance begin with growing or gathering your own food and medicine. Food sovereignty is crucial not only for Indigenous tribes
Ongoing
Library and Food Pantry Located on Shirley Street in Eugene, this Little Library, Food Pantry, and Free Fridge serves the Santa Clara neighborhood with books, free food, and garden produce, as well as seeds, and vegetable starts in the spring.
Tabling at Events like fairs, festivals and powwows to give away seeds, starts, information, and resources on growing herbs, plant medicine, and emergency preparedness.
Partnership with Seven Direction Neighborhood Farm and the Bethel School District Native American Youth Empowerment Program, to support hands-on gardening experiences for elementary-aged children and their families
2024 Events
April 6, 2024: LCC Powwow Lane Community College Eugene, OR
Handouts
September 2-4, 2024: NW Tribal Food Sovereignty Coalition gathering , Heritage University, Takoma nation, Toppenish, WA. Read more…
October 11-13, 2024: Okanogan Barter Fair, Tonasket, WA, Read more…
Publications
Fiction as Seeds for Change
Zaniyan Center is pleased to sponsor the publication of the debut novel of our founder, Daphne Singingtree, Circle for the Earth A Time Travel Saga for a Sustainable Future. This book raises interesting questions of how we could make changes for the better, from empowering Indigenous people, to using modern knowledge to make positive changes. Available on Amazon or here…
Non-fiction
Eagletree Herbs Guide to Medicine Making
With practical expertise and hard-won insights, gained in over fifty years of Medicine Making, Daphne Singingtree guides readers in crafting and marketing herbal products, while imparting valuable lessons learned along the way—inspiration for the next generation of medicine makers.
Through her story and teachings, Daphne Singingtree passes on a legacy of herbal knowledge, empowering readers to harness the power of plants and continue the tradition of natural medicine making.
Available on Amazon or here…
100% of the proceeds from both books goes to further the mission of Zaniyan Center.
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