Land Grant
United Tribes Technical College
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The Land Grant Department and Culinary Arts & Nutrition program are located:
Skills Center (Bldg 200)
Rooms 109 – 123 (Odd Numbers)
Phone: 701.221.1567
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Our Team
Sheri Becker
Nutrition Extension Educator
Phone: 701.221.1436
Email: sbecker@uttc.edu
Sheri Becker became part of the UTTC team in 2019. Originally from the Bismarck area, she graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Nutrition. Sheri is passionate about combining nutritious foods with an active lifestyle. As a child, her father taught her how to identify and prepare wild foods, just as their Lakota ancestors did on the prairies of North and South Dakota.
Linda Black Elk
Food Sovereignty Coordinator
Phone: 701.221.1567
Email: lblackelk@uttc.edu
Linda Black Elk is an ethnobotanist, ecologist, and activist specializing in teaching about culturally important plants and their uses as food, medicine, and materials. Linda works to build hands-on curriculum and ways of thinking that will promote and protect food sovereignty, traditional plant knowledge, and environmental quality. She has conducted significant research in plant medicinal compounds, and sits on various boards and committees involving the intersection of Native and Western Science. Linda has written for numerous publications, and is the author of “Watoto Unyutapi”, a field guide to edible wild plants of the Dakota people. She is the mother to three Lakota boys and serves as the Food Sovereignty Coordinator at United Tribes Technical College.