"How many bricks of colonization do we sit under? Mesa Verde, Sleeping Ute and Dibé Nitsaa (Big Mountain Sheep) surround this valley, but its Indigeneity does not exist anymore. Rematriation began as a necessary response to the introduction of whiteness, capitalism and patriarchy. First came the Spaniards, then the nation of Mexico, and then the United States of America. Now, our landscape is covered by hayfields, and we and our plant and animal relatives are surrounded by invasive species."
"At Fourth World Farm, we have rematriated over 70 native species, which encourages the repopulation of the valley in and of itself; everything that has been erased gets to seed and go back out into the zone. That is our objective: A decolonial, traditional framework of agriculture in motion. This is a spatial experience that we live in as Indigenous people."
The valley is encircled by Mesa Verde, Sleeping Ute and Dibé Nitsaa, yet Indigenous presence has been largely erased. Rematriation responds to the imposition of whiteness, capitalism and patriarchy brought by the Spaniards, Mexico and the United States. Agricultural land now features hayfields and invasive species that displace native plants, animals and cultural relationships. Fourth World Farm has reintroduced over 70 native species to encourage ecological and cultural repopulation of the valley. The project centers a decolonial, traditional framework of agriculture in motion aimed at restoring relationships between people, plants and animals. The work constitutes a spatial Indigenous experience of land stewardship and renewal.
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