Haskell Greenhouse

Another release this evening! This time, we released 12 baby opossums and two cottontail bunnies in the woodlands and prairies.

While we continue to restore our beautiful campus lands, we hope more and more native mammals, birds, reptiles, etc., will find permanent, semi-permanent, and temporary homes. Campus lands need their presence to thrive—a beautiful symbiosis that goes unnoticed far too often!

Beautiful flyer crafted by the one and only, Alexis Whitehorn-Coriz! Please be sure to come on out to enjoy various powwow dance categories on June 24th!

Powwow on the Pitch will be held on June 24th from 6-10 PM at the Powwow Grounds at Haskell Indian Nations University!

Last year, Aiyanna and PeQwas represented Haskell with pride and achieved first place for the 2025 AISES Bison Bump Challenge!

Their Bison Bump pitch was not just an idea, but something they do on a daily basis at Haskell—caring for the woodlands, wetlands, prairies, and gardens by flexing TEK and rallying community.

Congratulations again, PeQwas & Aiyanna!

AISES students PeQwas Hernandez (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) and Aiyanna Tanyan (Seminole/Muscogee Creek) took home 1st Place in the Buffalo Bump Business Plan Challenge with an idea rooted in Indigenous knowledge and community impact.

Their project focused on restoring food sovereignty and revitalizing Indigenous communities through traditional foodways. By applying Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), they proposed solutions to address shortages of native crop seeds while supporting the restoration of woodlands, wetlands, prairies, and other culturally significant ecosystems. Their message was simple but powerful: when we restore the land, we help restore our communities.

What if your idea could be next?

The Buffalo Bump Business Plan Challenge, powered by Aristocrat, invites AISES college students to transform innovative ideas into real-world solutions. We're looking for bold concepts that weave Indigenous knowledge, STEM, sustainability, and community impact together.

Apply by July 24 at https://aises.org/buffalo-bump-business-plan-challenge

Today marks a first of many! Student researcher, Lucy Summers (Navajo) has been working with these past several months to learn ways of wildlife rehabilitation. Through this work, Lucy has been able to establish a partnership between OWL & Haskell.

This past semester, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and U.S. Fish & Wildlife approved Haskell as a wildlife release site because of Lucy’s work & advocacy!

Yesterday, Lucy received news of 18 grey squirrels ready to be released from OWL, so the greenhouse team came together this morning to make it possible. Three squirrel boxes were hung up on three pin oak trees (Quercus palustris) growing within a swampy grove on campus.

Soon after the first box was hung, the squirrels seemed curious about their new home. Beautiful work!

The lands at Haskell have most definitely enjoyed these rains the past few weeks, especially the wetlands!

The USDA-NIFA Equity Grant and Haskell Greenhouse are looking for Haskell students to join our team starting during the Fall 2026 semester!

We are searching for students of any grade or degree program who are willing to care for the land, learn and apply various research methods, gain professional skillsets, and engage with communities near and far.

Throughout this program, students will learn:

- Traditional and contemporary land stewardship practices.
- How to operate and maintain tools, equipment, and small machinery.
- Seed banking.
- Greenhouse maintenance and care.
- Plant growing.
- Methods of research (i.e., literature review, data collection, etc.).
- Professional skills (i.e., leadership, community building, communication, etc.).

**The deadline for Fall 2026 applications is August 3rd, 2026.

Please apply through the link on our website:

Haskell Greenhouse - Apply Now! The USDA Equity Grant and Haskell Greenhouse are looking for four Student Researchers for our work-study program. Throughout this program, students will learn: Traditional and contemporary land stewardship practices. How to operate and maintain tools, equipment, and small machinery. Seed

A big thank you to the KU Field Botany students who came over during the misty rains to assist us with garden and plant care!

We spent a couple hours weeding and moved inside for some transplanting once the rains returned. We greatly appreciate everyone’s work today!

Due to the rains we have received (and will continue to receive), we will be postponing our restoration workday today.

We appreciate everyone’s willingness to care for the land with us!

We are here! Still have time to come join us today☺️

Join us today for our wetland restoration workday! We will work together to remove invasive species to make room for reintroducing native plants who have lived on these lands since time immemorial.

All tools will be provided! Please come prepared with closed-toed shoes, long pants, and a water source. If you are in need of accommodations, please be sure to let us know. We hope to see you out there with us this evening!

For easier accessibility, we recommend entering from the 31st St entrance to the wetlands, which can be found on Google Maps as “Haskell Wetlands”: https://maps.app.goo.gl/uQVkknD33531om8Y9?g_st=ic