Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Intertribal Land Use Committee
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  • KCA Sow and Grow
  • KCA Trail
  • FSIS Events
  • KCA Cemeteries
  • RV Park

BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND TEACHING OUR CHILDREN TO SELF-SUSTAIN THROUGH FOOD PRODUCTION

Our vision is to see a robust and strong agricultural educational program that utilizes our Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache jointly owned lands to benefit our local schools and ensure rebuilding and expansion of our native food production systems. Our schools and community need better access to local foods. An important component of this program is to educate our younger generation about Indigenous food and self-reliance through food production using the right mix of cultural practices with new climate smart technologies. We have partnered with surrounding schools to bring their students out to learn how to grow crops. This is only the first step of our long-term plan in developing our own Kiowa/Comanche/Apache sovereign agricultural food system. Our next step is having a training program that is uniquely ours. We need to build up our capacity to make management decisions that reflect our cultural values, our traditions, and our desire to reclaim utilization of our lands. Our three tribes are stronger when we work together.


All photos provided on this page come from our KCA community garden.

LAND LOCATION

Plans for the KCA Sow and Grow initiative started off with plotting the land for our garden. The plan was for the garden to be located on the Fort Sill Indian School campus. We feel revitalizing these lands is important for our tribes and community. Plots were created with planters spaced out throughout the garden.

PREPARATION

After the garden was plotted, the garden had a fence built around it to protect it from furry intruders. Tarp was added to the bottom of the fence to protect from harsh winds. On Earth Day of 2025, our KCA community and their leaders came out to help hoe, plant, and water our first garden residents!

Watermelon

Watermelon

Watermelon

Pumpkin

Watermelon

Watermelon

Corn

Watermelon

Peppers

Peppers

Watermelon

Peppers

Okra

...and more!

Potato

Potato

...and more!

Potato

Tomato

...and more!

...and more!

...and more!

...and more!

...and more!

TEACHES YOUTH

FEEDS COMMUNITY

FEEDS COMMUNITY

KCA invites our youth to come and help out at our garden. This can include cleaning, tilling, planting, watering, harvesting, and so much more. We have plenty of seeds and wish to provide this knowledge to our youth so they may be inspired to be stewards of the land. We have many youth come to help out so children will not be alone in learning. We want help our youth find a passion in caring for our Earth.

FEEDS COMMUNITY

FEEDS COMMUNITY

FEEDS COMMUNITY

Our garden is open to the community for use and harvesting. While certain plots of the gardens are cared for by certain entities, KCA cares for the garden as a whole and are happy to share our harvests with our community. Such instances include providing watermelon to Comanche Academy, feeding okra during the Indigenous Peoples' Day Powwow supper break, and sharing vegetables for Community Culture Night.

FOSTERS UNITY

FEEDS COMMUNITY

FOSTERS UNITY

We love community involvement. This is not just KCA or FSIS's garden, this is our community garden. We have students and elders who come out to care for their own spots and plants within the garden. Due to the variety of visitors, our garden promotes unity within our community to care for the Earth. It showcases our ties to mother nature and the knowledge we can share from coming together.

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