Pandemics heed an ancestral warning in the United States, harking back to when too many Indigenous people were killed due to smallpox. That memory was especially acute for tribal regions across the United States with the onset of COVID-19. While many Tribal regions were quick to close their communities, many of them especially in the Southwest were still the hardest hit. Farmers, re-focused on ensuring good food was reaching elders and the most vulnerable, while at the same time growing and having to manage an onset of “support” that was not ideal for long-term sustainable food production. Alongside this came more interest in investing in Indigenous land stewardship that required leaders and collaboratives to form as a way to create a more holistic community-centered solution to the growing need of expanding production. Hear and learn from Indigenous leaders about how they have pivoted their work in powerful ways towards a more promising future.