Position: Indigenous Research Garden Student Intern

Job Summary: The Indigenous Research Garden Student Intern will work with the Rural Partnerships Institute Indigenous Food Systems Project team to coordinate planting, maintenance, weeding, harvesting, and volunteers at the UW Arboretum Indigenous Research Garden. The Indigenous Research Garden was established in 2019 with the purpose of demonstrating traditional Three Sisters mounds and engaging the campus community around Indigenous food systems. The intern will also support staff, graduate students, and Tribal partners in other areas of the Indigenous Food Systems Project, including field work and events around Indigenous cropping systems, manoomin (wild rice) research, and other topics based on student interest and where support is needed. This will include travel to other research sites across the state.

Salary minimum: $18/hour, 20-30 hours/week

Anticipated start and end date: May – September 2025

Apply by: March 16, 2025 at 11:55pm

Location: Madison, WI (partially remote)

Please reach out to Hanna McIntosh (hanna.mcintosh@wisc.edu) or Daniel Cornelius (daniel.cornelius@wisc.edu) with questions.

ABOUT THE INDIGENOUS FOOD SYSTEMS PROJECT:

The Rural Partnerships Institute Indigenous Food Systems Project is a four-year project partnering with Tribal Nations and communities in Wisconsin. Research in four areas impact Indigenous food system resilience by supporting Tribal producers, Tribal land managers, and Tribal communities in their food sovereignty work. The project works in four areas of Indigenous food systems:

• Indigenous crops and livestock
• Maple sugaring
• Manoomin (wild rice)
• Nutrition and community food systems