{"id":211968,"date":"2025-08-29T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=211968"},"modified":"2025-09-01T16:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:03:07","slug":"native-america-calling-mohawk-seeds-and-a-legendary-frybread-drive-in-are-on-the-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/08\/29\/native-america-calling-mohawk-seeds-and-a-legendary-frybread-drive-in-are-on-the-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Mohawk &#8216;Seeds&#8217; and a &#8216;Legendary Frybread Drive-In&#8217; are on The Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Friday, August 29, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">The Menu: \u2018Seeds\u2019 and the \u2018Legendary Frybread Drive-In\u2019 <\/div>\r\nIn the comedy thriller \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newrealfilms.com\/seeds\">Seeds<\/a>\u201d, social media influencer Ziggy is offered a lucrative sponsorship contract with a corporate seed and fertilizer company.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBut Ziggy is called back to her Mohawk Reserve to help out her cousin, which gets her tangled in an all-out battle to save her tribe\u2019s ancestral seeds. Kanien\u02bckeh\u00e1:ka Mohawk actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1503416\/\">Kaniehtiio Horn<\/a> stars in the title role of Ziggy. She&#8217;s also the screenwriter and director for the film.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vXv45UzZ5UU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Seeds: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/vXv45UzZ5UU>Trailer<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nAnd a new collection of stories by Indigenous authors serves up more than just Native comfort food. Each of the stories in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3JKro4y\">Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories<\/a>\u201d  is  geared toward young adult readers, with all roads leading to Sandy June\u2019s Legendary Frybread Drive-in.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nSandy June\u2019s isn&#8217;t just an eatery, as the food comes  with a helping of elder wisdom about love, grief, culture, and healing.  Editor <a href=\"https:\/\/cynthialeitichsmith.com\/\">Cynthia Leitich Smith<\/a> (Muscogee) calls it \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/birchbarkbooks.com\/products\/legendary-frybread-drive-in\">a hug of a book<\/a>.\u201d \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=row><div class=col-7>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/41U6feL\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"993\" height=\"1500\" data-attachment-id=\"211975\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/08\/29\/native-america-calling-mohawk-seeds-and-a-legendary-frybread-drive-in-are-on-the-menu\/legendaryfrybreaddrivein\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/01\/legendaryfrybreaddrivein.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"993,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8216;Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;a href=https:\/\/amzn.to\/41U6feL&gt;Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories&lt;\/a&gt;&amp;#8221; (Heartdrum 2025)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/01\/legendaryfrybreaddrivein.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/01\/legendaryfrybreaddrivein.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories&#039;\" class=\"size-full wp-image-211975\" \/><\/a> \r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-5 align-self-end\">\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">&#8220;<a href=https:\/\/amzn.to\/41U6feL>Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories<\/a>&#8221; (Heartdrum 2025)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nHorn and Smith both join Andi Murphy for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/category\/special-features\/the-menu\/\">The Menu<\/a>,\u201d  Native America Calling&#8217;s special feature on Indigenous food sovereignty.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; 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