Honoring Our Ancestors Knowledge
Saokio Heritage is a community-based organization led by Indigenous women that works to ‘honor our ancestors knowledge’ by revitalizing traditional ecological knowledge in a modern context.
Our Activities
Saokio Heritage holds gatherings, workshops and presentations to share and educate about ethnobotany, traditional food systems and traditional ecological knowledge. We work to engender and promote Indigenous women’s leadership.
We partner with national organizations to advocate and strengthen Indigenous languages. We partner with community-based organizations to help build healthy landscapes and address potential environmental harm.
Learn More
Learn more about our story as a community-based organization led by Indigenous women. Interested in our activities or want to donate? Please contact us today.
Saokio Heritage’s Facebook and YouTube pages share our latest events, activities and materials.
Saokio Heritage’s name celebrates our “prairie” heritage. The Blackfeet (Amskapi Piikani) once called themselves the Saokio-tapi or the prairie people. (Saokio is pronounced like Tokyo.)