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Tribes hope Farm Bill can feed more people and preserve Indigenous culture
Tribes hope Farm Bill can feed more people and preserve Indigenous culture
Tribes hope Farm Bill can feed more people and preserve Indigenous culture

Published on: 07/07/2026

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Dawn Spears wears a beaded earring resembling a strawberry Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at her farm in Hopkinton, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Seeds sit in jars on a shelf Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at a farm in Hopkinton, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Dawn Spears holds heirloom seeds including, from left, Narragansett white flint corn, crookneck squash and succotash beans Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Hopkinton, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Sowaniu Spears, 11, holds a bundle of Narragansett white flint corn Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at his grandparents' farm in Hopkinton, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Comfry, a plant used in herbal remedies, grows Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at a farm in Hopkinton, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Sowaniu Spears, 11, runs toward a Wetu, a traditional Native American dwelling, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at his grandparents' farm in Hopkinton, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Sowaniu Spears, from left, Tishominko Spears, Quinobeguin Spears Fulton and Giizhig Spears, play at their grandparents' farm Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Hopkinton, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Quinobeguin Spears Fulton, 11, climbs a tree Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at his grandparents' farm in Hopkinton, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Dawn Spears, left, and her grandson, Giizhig, 9, right, prepare tomatoes for planting Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at a farm in Hopkinton, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Dawn Spears loads a cart full of tomato plants Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at her farm in Hopkinton, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Dawn Spears checks on her garden beds Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at her farm in Hopkinton, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Sowaniu Spears, 11, enters a Wetu, a traditional Native American dwelling, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at his grandparents' farm in Hopkinton, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)Dawn Spears, center, reacts after finding a small trowel that her grandson, Giizhig, 9, left, was looking for as they prepare tomato plants Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at a farm in Hopkinton, R.I. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

HOPKINTON, R.I. (AP) — At Ashawaug Farm in southwest Rhode Island, Dawn and Cassius Spears preserve their Indigenous knowledge of agriculture through the cultivation and keeping of three Narragansett heritage crops: white corn, succotash beans and crookneck squash.

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