Indigenous Foodways

Water protectors of all persuasions gathered in talking circles at Borderland Ranch in Pe’Sla, the heart of the sacred Black Hills, during the first Sovereign Sisters Gathering. At the center are Cheryl Angel in red and white and on her left, Lyla June.

The Women of Standing Rock Are Building Sovereign Food Economies

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08.30.19

Mino Wiisinidaa! project coordinator LaTisha Coffin Harvests fiddlehead ferns for an indigenous foods cooking demonstration. (Photo CC-licensed by the USDA)

Indigenous Food Security is Dependent on Food Sovereignty

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07.24.19

Parching wild rice over a fire.

Wild Rice is Feeding Indigenous Communities in Detroit and Beyond

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05.27.19

Chef Lois Ellen Frank teaching an indigenous foodways class

The ‘Nativore’ Chef Working to Improve Nutrition in Indigenous Communities

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05.22.19

Mesquite trees are used to produce traditional O'odham flour. (Photo by Rudri Patel)

An Indigenous Community Deepens its Agricultural Roots in Tucson’s San Xavier Farm

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04.25.19

Indigenous California Chefs are Reviving and Preserving Native Cuisines

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02.21.19

hands holding a bowl of manoomin wild rice

Why the White Earth Band of Ojibwe Legally Recognized Wild Rice’s Rights

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02.08.19

Photo © Katherine Kehrli.

Chef Brit Reed Brings Political Activism, Indigenous Traditions to the Table

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11.29.18

Velvet Button, spokeswoman for Ramona Farms and daughter of the owners, discusses how the tepary bean grows and is harvested. (Photo By Tayler Brown/Cronkite News)

Native American Farmers are Growing a Sustainable Market

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11.21.18

Rob Kinneen with Athabascan elder Howard Luke.

An Indigenous Alaskan Chef Shares Traditional Recipes By Way Of YouTube

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11.16.18

Young Women are Reviving Indigenous Food Traditions Online

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11.09.18

Baby Magnus gets a feed of siák̓vṇaɫ courtesy of his grandfather Larry and Jessie Housty.

Planting the Seeds of Indigenous Food Sovereignty

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11.01.18

From a Family of Farmers, Paulette Jordan Hopes to Be the Nation’s First Native American Governor

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10.26.18

Organización Boricuá member Jorge Cora from Finca Conciencia in Solidarity, Reconstruction, and Climate Justice Brigade in Sejah Farm, St. Croix

Agroecology as a Tool of Sovereignty and Resilience in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

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10.19.18

Chef Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz driving “the mutton,” or the Mobile Unit for Training and Nutrition (MUTN). Photo courtesy of Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz.

How the Navajo Nation Is Reclaiming Food Sovereignty

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10.17.18

Elizabeth Azzuz and Margo Robbins, leaders of the Cultural Fire Management Council, have been helping Yurok Tribal members burn their land to improve the growth of basket materials and other traditional plants.

Fire and Agroforestry Are Reviving Traditional Native Foods and Communities

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10.11.18

Elwood and Nora Pahi. (Photo © Thosh Collins)

Navajo Beef Brings Traditional Practices and Modern Business to Ranching

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10.08.18

Amidst Keystone XL Fight, Nebraska Farmers Give 10 Acres Back to the Ponca Nation

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10.02.18