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Xa Kako DIle

Cause Area

  • Community
  • Environment
  • Health & Medicine
  • Hunger
  • Women

Location

15401 N Hwy 1Caspar, CA 95437 United States

Organization Information

Mission Statement

To respect and steward traditional ecological knowledge, healing Indigenous ancestral lands, building resilience in our communities with culture, food, medicine and education

Description

Xa Kako Dile: is an Indigenous women-led and directed non-profit organization on ancestral Northern P omo land in Northern California. Our focus is on uplifting and empowering Indigenous communities through farming using traditional ecological knowledge (TEK); offering healing retreats for Indigenous women to conserve cultural traditions and language; providing education for the community on food sovereignty, herbal medicine, acorn and seaweed harvesting and other TEK practices; and providing gathering spaces for trainings, ceremonies and a living laboratory to support local tribes.

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