printer friendly version
Native foods making their return to the table
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Through the efforts of Native farmers, entrepreneurs and cooks, traditional Native foods are beginning to make a return to the table.
Noland Johnson, a farmer on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in Arizona, is partly motivated by health concerns. His began growing tepary beans as a tribute to his grandfather, who died from complications related to diabetes.
Loretta Barrett Oden, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma, has been promoting Native foods for years as a prominent chef. She has been traveling Indian Country to film a 2006 PBS series called "Seasoned With Spirit: A Native Cook's Journey."
Larry Pourier and Mark Tilsen, from the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, are developing a line of Native natural food products through their company, Lakota Express. Pourier's first product is a snack bar based on an old Lakota recipe for
wasna, a patty of kidney fat and meat of bison mashed with chokecherries.
Ed. Note: Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic development corporation for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, has invested in Lakota Express. Ho-Chunk Inc. also owns Indianz.Com.
Get the Story:
Native Foods Nourish Again
(The New York Times 11/23)
Username:
indianzcom, Password:
indianzcom
Related Stories:
Native Harvest brings Native foods to the
table (11/16)
Fry bread, good or bad? The debate continues
(08/22)
Intertribal Agricultural Council promotes
farming (08/19)
O'odham group promotes farming tradition
(07/05)
Traditional Native foods called more healthy
(05/18)
Gila River Tribe's garden promotes healthy
living (01/28)
O'odham group preserves weaving tradition
(12/03)
Report: Gene puts Indians at risk for
diabetes (01/31)
Harjo: Eliminate fry
bread and other 'Indian' foods (01/21)
Revised diet guidelines emphasize body weight
(01/13)
20 percent of Oklahoma Indians have
diabetes (11/15)
Indian center in Salt
Lake City fight youth obesity (11/09)
Gila River Indian Community struggles with
diabetes (11/09)
Obesity blamed for
rising health care costs (10/20)
Report
urges fight against childhood obesity (10/01)
Kerry campaign promises Indian health care
boost (09/29)
Report calls on U.S. to
honor health care commitment (08/30)
'Just Move It' campaign targets diabetes among
Natives (08/27)
Navajo racer promotes
diabetes prevention (08/26)
IHS
officials say Indians shortchanged billions (08/25)
National Indian Health Board holds conference
(08/11)
Pember: Obesity threatening Indian
Country (08/02)
Indian doctor dedicates
life to combating diabetes (07/30)
Tribal centers participate in youth diabetes
study (07/28)
Bush official pledges
support for health care bill (07/22)
Medicare to allow some treatments for obesity
(07/16)
Diabetes program reaches out to
rural, elderly Navajos (06/07)
HHS says
41 million Americans at risk for diabetes (04/29)
Study documents urban Indian health disparities
(04/21)
Diabetes and obesity ravage Native
population (04/19)
Tribal colleges form
network to combat diabetes (04/14)
Proposed boost in IHS budget rejected by Senate
(03/12)
Surgeon General puts emphasis on
prevention (02/05)
Copyright © 2000-2005 Indianz.Com
