Dashmaawaan Bemaadzinjin (They Feed the People)

Dashmaawaan Bemaadzinjin (They Feed the People) came about as a community based Indigenous food sovereignty support effort in June of 2020, to provide healthy, whole, fresh and traditional Indigenous foods to local Elders and Indigenous folks that are houseless and living in the encampments in Toronto. It became clear that a coordinated effort to feed community was necessary to support the “in-between areas” where front line agencies are often unable to help and family resources are stretched taking care of their own immediate needs. To offer this food program and reach some of our most vulnerable community members. Dashmawaan Bemaadzinjin works along side of Toronto Indigenous Harm Reduction to support the front line food security needs of Indigenous houseless people in Toronto, and directly with the Elders at Wigwamen Terrace each week to bring meals to interested people.