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The Nuwu Pahsats (Southern Paiute Garden) Speaker Series at the Springs Preserve provides a space for Indigenous Knowledge Givers to share their cultural lifeways and experience with the greater community. Emphasizing sustainable relationships with water, plants, and the landscape, the speaker series creates an opportunity for collaborative, community-based learning that inspires guests to think differently about their relationships with nature.For the engagement on Saturday, May 11, 2024, guest speaker Reagan Wytsalucy will present "Revitalizing Traditional Farming Practices in San Juan County, Utah". Tickets to the event are FREE but advance reservations are required. Limited seating available. Reserve your tickets at https://www.springspreserve.org/events/?id=2419.
Ms. Reagan Wytsalucy is the Agriculture, Natural Resources, and 4-H Extension Assistant Professor for San Juan County, Utah State University (USU) Extension. She is a Diné member raised in Gallup, NM. Wytsalucy completed her M.S. degree (Summer 2019) at USU focused on studying under-utilized traditional Native American food crops including horticultural practices, genetic diversity and cultural importance. Her completed research encompasses various agricultural and ethnographic approaches to understanding the significance of the Southwest peach and Navajo spinach (Cleome serrulata) to the Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni Nations. Wytsalucy currently works to provide educational programing in Animal and Plant Sciences and collaborating in state efforts to successfully propagate native food plants to encourage local sustainability within Native American communities.
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333 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas, NV, United States, Nevada 89107
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