FSL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM: INTERNSHIPS

Natalee Lopez - Their internship has been focused on creating both an outdoor or semi-outdoor space to cultivate edible mushrooms. The overarching goal was to provide the FSL and other tribal communities with a reliable source of fungi relatives to utilize as needed. The results of their project has included ~30 lbs of fresh mushrooms over the course of the project distributed to Elders of the Blue Lake Rancheria (Elder Nutrition Program and direct distribution).

Covin Sigala - (ongoing) Their internship is an annotated literature and media collection and creation of educational resources for other reconnecting Rarámuri people. Their project focuses on the Rarámuri culture, traditional ecological knowledge, and food systems that have developed over thousands of years in relationship with the land and continue to be practiced today.