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Baking Bread the Choctaw Way
This weekend, we had the opportunity to try out another great Indigenous Choctaw food dish, the original cornbread. This cornbread, no...
Ian Thompson
Mar 18, 20182 min read
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The Original Choctaw Frybread
No Native American food is more popular than frybread. The frybread that most of us are used to was created by the Navajo people on the...
Ian Thompson
Jan 20, 20182 min read
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Fat Earth
The flicker of warm, yellow light and the sweet smell of cedar smoke radiated out into the 15 degree January night. We were camped out...
Ian Thompson
Jan 7, 20184 min read
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Like A Deer
We'd like to introduce you to the newest members of our grazing team, Ninak Tomi and Habli, two Choctaw ponies. These horses come from a...
Ian Thompson
Dec 19, 20173 min read
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Of Good Fences and Good Neighbors
The end of a year is a good time to reflect on a season's challenges and successes. Early January will mark a year since we began...
Ian Thompson
Dec 10, 20174 min read
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Harvesting the Bounty of the Fall Prairie
Fall is an especially beautiful time of year on the surviving tallgrass prairie patches. The golden stocks of Indian grass move in...
Ian Thompson
Nov 24, 20173 min read
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Preserving Choctaw Culture by Growing Hope
The image above is of a greenhouse that is being built by the Choctaw Nation this month. It is part of an exciting project called ...
Ian Thompson
Nov 18, 20172 min read
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Upcoming Book on Indigenous Choctaw Food
Traditional Choctaw foods are just as flavorful, just as deep, and probably healthier than any other cuisine that is popular in the...
Ian Thompson
Nov 17, 20172 min read
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Grass Wars
Every day, right under our feet, there is a war going on that we had never even noticed until recently. During the growing season,...
Ian Thompson
Oct 30, 20175 min read
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Native Grape Season
The other day, I walked around a small oak tree on our farm and this is the delicious and unexpected sight that greeted me. I believe...
Ian Thompson
Sep 5, 20171 min read
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Rotation Makes for Greener Pastures
It hasn't rained here in two months. This picture is taken in a pasture that is basically fine sand, with no dark topsoil at all. Why...
Ian Thompson
Aug 26, 20172 min read
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Baked Fish
This week, Choctaw Nation hosted its first Indigenous Immersion camp for a small group of Tribal youth who have been identified by their...
Ian Thompson
Jun 26, 20171 min read
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Back on the Range
A lot has gone one since our last post. Two new calves were born in the corral. Our little herd is now seven strong. First, came a...
Ian Thompson
Jun 4, 20172 min read
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Making Our Move
Straight line speeds as fast as a race horse, the ability to pivot on a dime from front or back legs, incredible power, and at times a...
Ian Thompson
Apr 22, 20173 min read
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Watering the Buffalo
Our buffalo have lived on our Johnston County land for several years. One of them was born there. To them, it's home. When we move...
Ian Thompson
Apr 1, 20171 min read
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Spring Greening
It's only been three weeks since the fire. Which side of this fire line would you be grazing on if you were a buffalo? This is one of...
Ian Thompson
Mar 19, 20171 min read
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Our First Solo Gate
Here is our first gate that we've made by ourselves. Ed and Ian nearly finished welding together the perimeter of the corral this summer....
Ian Thompson
Mar 18, 20171 min read
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Wildfire!!!
Well, the good news is our perimeter fencing is done and beautiful! Unfortunately, yesterday while we were burning some old posts, the...
Ian Thompson
Feb 26, 20172 min read
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Let the Fencing Begin!
We've hired a crew from Peaceful Water Ranch out of Parris, TX, to build our perimeter fence. Previous to this, we spent a lot of time...
Ian Thompson
Jan 12, 20172 min read
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Clearing the Fence Row
Today, the Bushwackers Land Clearing crew (of one) arrived. His work is absolutely amazing! In setting up the perimeter fence that will...
Ian Thompson
Jan 9, 20171 min read
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