Indigenous Foodways

At the farmers' market on the Hopi reservation.

Fighting Food Colonialism in the Hopi Nation

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11.20.19

Chefs Kalā Domingo, Hillel Echo-Hawk, and Brian Yazzie. (Photo credit: Cybelle Codish)

First Look: A New Docuseries Highlights Leading Indigenous Chefs

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11.19.19

hand holding acorns

Indigenous Youth Reboot Acorns to Revive Food Sovereignty

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11.15.19

lyla june standing in front of trees

The Native Musician and Poet Revitalizing Indigenous Food Sovereignty

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11.07.19

Clayton Brascoupé holds several ears of indigenous corn. (Photo courtesy of SEED: The Untold Story / Collective Eye Films)

A New Bill Could Help Protect the Sacred Seeds of Indigenous People

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10.09.19

A farmer adjusts siphon tubes on furrow irrigated lettuce near Phoenix, Arizona. (NRCS photo by Tim McCabe)

As Water Sources Dry Up, Arizona Farmers Feel the Heat of Climate Change

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09.18.19

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