Bird Creek Farm is a sustainable community agricultural resource for all Osage Nation citizens, youth, elders and future generations. By growing and providing fresh fruits and vegetables, they assist in the promotion of healthier lifestyles for the Osage people. In just a few years, over 3.5 tons of fresh fruits and vegetables have been donated to 27 different departments in the Osage Nation. Harvests are provided to Osage Nation programs such as the Elders Nutrition Program, Head State, Wah-zha-zhi Early Learning Academy (WELA), the Language Immersion School, Food Distribution, and cultural events.

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The Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition (ONAC) supports a network of Native people who are dedicated to increasing self-sufficiency and prosperity in their communities through the establishment of comprehensive financial education initiatives, Individual Development Accounts, and other asset-building strategies. ONAC provides necessary building blocks for tribal citizens to grow healthy food systems, such as helping Native youth and their families to save for trade school, college, and careers in agriculture, farming, ranching, and policy work to promote healthy food systems. ONAC also administers family emergency savings account program, provides Native-specific financial education, acts as an intermediary funder, administers the national Native ...

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Oklahoma Tribal Engagement Partners (OKTEP) partners with tribal nations, organizations and agencies to extend culturally relevant programming to youth and families. OKTEP team members have more than 100 years of combined experience developing responsive, action-oriented research-based programs in line with community needs as recognized by community members. All program work is informed by the Tribal Organizations and those served. In October of 2017, OKTEP became the fourth SNAP-Ed implementing agency in Oklahoma. The OKTEP team, (formerly SHINE Partners in Indian Country at Oklahoma State University) has developed award winning programs in coordination with the Chickasaw Nation SNAP-Ed program. The Eagle Adventure and ...

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The Quapaw Farmers Market offers a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, along with plant materials. Their mission is to increase community access to affordable and nutritious foods by promoting farm-to-table initiatives, education, and business opportunities for local producers. The farmers market has successfully increased the availability of fresh nutritious foods for the local community.

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Since 2010, the Quapaw Nation has been making agriculture and farm-to-table initiatives a tribal priority. Quapaw Nation's lands include one of the country's oldest SUPERFUND hazardous waste dump sites, the result of external lead mining operations that devastated the land. The Nation has undertaken the efforts to improve these lands, and through this dedicated remediation process, the land is slowly being reintroduced as productive farm land to be used to hold the Nation’s Black Angus and bison herds and can be used for row crops such as corn, soybeans, wheat, and canola. The Nation also constructed four greenhouses in 2010, and ...

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Unconquered Life is an individualized wellness lifestyle program funded and operated by the Chickasaw Nation, which has its headquarters in Ada, Oklahoma. Unconquered Life is a holistic approach to wellness focused on the integration of five principle components impacting the life journey – clinical, financial, nutrition, fitness and wellbeing – to provide a unique opportunity to progress beyond current conventional healthcare. Care team professionals in each of these focus areas help participants traverse the path to wellness, conquer obstacles, overcome challenges and ensure success through a medically-integrated and clinically-driven plan of action. An individually assigned Health Coach guides the process. The program ...

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