Native Health Matters Foundation

 Native Health Matters Foundation, a 501(c) 3, is an American Indian led organization focused on facilitating community-based programs.  Our past and present program initiatives in the arts, sustainable health & wellness, agricultural education and financial sovereignty are increasingly well received.  

As American Indians, leading the way in research and development involves Public-Private partnerships with people truly dedicated to protecting the environment and promoting social equity.  

Our American Indian led services include: 

ecology with biochar, seed and food production systems, 

biodiversity, heirloom legacy genetics 

processing operations in Indian Country

environmental remediation consultations. 

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PIONEERS IN PHYTOREMEDIATION & SOIL CHEMISTRY  

NATIVE HEALTH MATTERS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS CONDUCT THE FIRST UNIVERSITY-BACKED AGRONOMIC HEMP STUDY IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2018

This vital research continues to focus on hemp and its potential benefits relating to phytoremediation for polluted lands.   

“This ground-breaking hemp study is opening the door to using a new crop to re-nourish and detoxify soil. The true potential of the hemp plant has yet to be discovered” Tim Houseberg.    

This research also looks at the Growth and Tissue Composition of Hemp Grown in Soil Containing Elevated Levels of Cadmium, Arsenic, or Lead. 

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 ADVANCING AMERICAN INDIAN LED ECOLOGY

  NHMF’s collaborative work and research partnership with the University of Arkansas Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences is joined by two organizations: the LEAD Agency in Northeastern Oklahoma and James Gaspard with Bio Char Now. This ground-breaking hemp study opens the door to using hemp crops to functionally re-nourish and detoxify soil. This American Indian led project will demonstrate the efficacy of In Situ hemp and bio char applications for sustainable remediation at the most polluted E.P.A. Superfund sites that directly impact American Indians.

 EMERGING CROPS RESEARCH 

 By partnering with researchers at Clemson University to grow and analyze varieties of grain/fiber industrial hemp, Agricultural researchers analyze the genomic strains of multiple hemp varieties, including heirloom Italian cultivars dating back to the sixteen hundreds. Research includes seeding rates; fertility rates and timing; genetic DNA mapping and insect, disease and weed pressures as well as varietal development, harvest and storage.

THE INDIGENOUS PRODUCTION TRADE ALLIANCE 

The Alliance is a diverse group of experts in agronomy, emerging crops and plant breeding that also includes American Indian Tribal leadership, Agricultural stakeholders, and Human health & environmental safety authorities.