Dr. Rebecca Webster

Dr. Rebecca Webster is an enrolled citizen of the Oneida Nation. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of American Indian at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Her research interests focus on tribal governance and food sovereignty. Along with her family, they run a 10 acre farm called Ukwakhwa: Tsinu Niyukwayay^thoslu (Our foods: Where we plant things). Based on their farming practices, they started a YouTube Channel called Ukwakhwa (Our Foods) where they share what they learned about planting, growing, harvesting, seed keeping, food preparation, food storage, as well as making traditional tools and crafts. Dr. Webster is also a founding member of Ohe∙láku (among the cornstalks) a co-op of 10 Oneida families that grow 6 acres traditional, heirloom corn together.