For this episode of Great Plains Anywhere, we're sharing a portion of an interview from a multimedia project called "Reconciliation Rising," which showcases the lives and work of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who are engaged in creating pathways toward reconciliation by confronting painful histories and promoting meaningful dialogue.

This interview features Deb Echo-Hawk, the Keeper of the Seeds for the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, and Ronnie O'Brien, an instructor at Central Community College and former manager of the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument in Kearney, Nebraska. In 2003, Ronnie contacted Deb to see if the Pawnee would grow a garden at the Archway Monument. That conversation led to the Pawnee Seed Preservation Project, a thriving program in which Pawnees and Nebraska settlers are growing corn together in gardens throughout the state.

Listen to part two of the interview on reconciliationrising.org. We'd like to thank Reconciliation Rising project members Kevin Abourezk and Margaret Jacobs for allowing us to share this interview. Special thanks to Margaret Huettl for providing a video land acknowledgement for this episode.