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The Menu: Celebrating lamprey, meaty mushrooms, and OK tribes share hunting grounds

The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Muscogee, Choctaw, and Seminole Nations of Oklahoma have agreed to recognize each other’s licenses for hunting and fishing on their respective reservation lands. Tribal leaders say the agreement both strengthens their sovereignty and creates a more sustainable fish and wildlife management system.

If you know where to look, there is an abundance of edible fungi available on trees and the forest floor. It’s mushroom season in the Southwest and Native foragers are collecting beefsteaks, lobsters, and chicken of the woods.

And Columbia River tribes celebrate what is among their oldest food sources: lamprey. These are the topics in the latest helping of The Menu, Native America Calling’s regular Indigenous food show hosted by Andi Murphy.

-A Celebration of Culture and Conservation: 2024 Willamette Falls Lamprey Celebration- ◼️ “I appreciate all the effort…
Posted by Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission on Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Guests on Native America Calling

Erik Holt (Nez Perce), chairman of the Nez Perce Tribe Fish and Wildlife Commission

Jaren Bates (Diné), chef and pit master

Matt Gamble, senior manager of Wildlife Conservation for the Choctaw Nation