American Indian Center of Chicago

The American Indian Center of Chicago will create the Food is Medicine program, which will increase access to Indigenous foods and cultivate improve knowledge of food sovereignty and Indigenous food practices for elders, families and youth in Chicago’s intertribal urban Native community.

COVID-19 Response

The ultimate purpose is to 1) utilize a "3 Sisters" lesson plan that fosters healthy relationships with food; scaffolds STEM activities with traditional American Indian stories; teaches the history of indigenous peoples of Chicago;and promotes the use of tribal language. 2) This initiative will allow for the development, management and monitoring of land through the planting of trees, fruits, vegetables, etc.; 3)AIC will build capacity for professional development through youth training, utilizing culturally based STEM curricula. 4) This experience will increase the AIC's visibility with CPS schools and build organizational capacity as professional development providers to CPS.