Join us for reflections and teachings from the Buffalo’s Favorite Flowers project.  

Elder Kathy Wahpepah’s vision brought together Elders, land managers, educators, and students to return the bison’s traditional foods to the land. This project, rooted in ceremony, intergenerational learning, and ecological reciprocity, shows how restoration is both a cultural and ecological act. 

Participants will explore how Indigenous knowledge systems that embody relationship, respect, and responsibility can guide more balanced approaches to land stewardship, education, and reconciliation.

The Buffalos’ Favorite Flowers  project was facilitated by One School One Farm and funded by the Prairie Food System Vision Network. The project provided a starting point for the restoration of native prairie plants in the bison paddock at Wanuskewin. 

Learning Objectives/Outcomes:

• Explain how Indigenous-led restoration efforts connect ecological health with cultural health and reconciliation.

• Identify the importance of ceremony, collaboration, and intergenerational learning in fostering respectful relationships between the land, people, plants, and animals.

• Reflect on how relational and land-based approaches to education and restoration can be applied within their own communities or professional fields.

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