The Cherokee Nation has become the first Native American tribe in the United States to preserve its ancestral seeds in the Arctic.
Nestled deep within a mountain on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, approximately 810 miles (1,300 kilometers) from the North Pole, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault functions as the planet’s foremost safeguard for agricultural heritage. Constructed to shield crops against warfare, natural disasters, diseases, and the impacts of climate change, the facility maintains duplicate seed samples contributed by nearly every country around the globe.
In 2020, the Cherokee Nation earned the distinction of being the first U.S. based Native American tribe invited to deposit its traditional heirloom seeds into the vault. The tribe placed nine culturally significant crop varieties inside, including Cherokee White Eagle Corn, regarded as its most sacred variety, along with Cherokee Trail of Tears Beans, Cherokee Long Greasy Beans, Cherokee Turkey Gizzard Beans, and Cherokee Candy Roaster Squash.
These seeds represent far more than planting material. They embody generations of agricultural wisdom, cultural heritage, and historical continuity handed down through Cherokee families.
The invitation followed the Cherokee Nation’s 2019 discussion of its heirloom seed preservation efforts with NPR. The tribe maintains its own seed bank, which distributes traditional varieties to Cherokee citizens. This initiative helps protect crop diversity that might otherwise be lost while strengthening connections between families and their agricultural roots.
Inspired by these efforts, the Global Crop Diversity Trust extended the invitation for the Cherokee Nation to deposit backup copies of its seeds in Svalbard for long term security.
The vault is excavated roughly 400 feet (120 meters) into solid bedrock, where consistently low temperatures supplemented by refrigeration systems preserve seeds for decades or even centuries. It currently houses nearly one million seed samples and possesses capacity for approximately 4.5 million distinct crop varieties.
Crucially, the Cherokee Nation maintains full ownership of its deposited seeds. The vault operates much like a secure safety deposit box. Only the tribe can request retrieval of its materials should the need ever arise.
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