{"id":507796,"date":"2026-04-29T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=507796"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:34:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:34:56","slug":"native-america-callling-traditional-diet-success-and-the-first-indigenous-chopped-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/04\/29\/native-america-callling-traditional-diet-success-and-the-first-indigenous-chopped-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Traditional diet success and the first Indigenous \u2018Chopped\u2019 champion"},"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\">Wednesday, April 29, 2026<\/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\">\r\nThe Menu: Traditional diet success and the first Indigenous \u2018Chopped\u2019 champion\r\n<\/div>\r\nAn intensive traditional foods program aimed at curbing diabetes is credited with major weight loss and health benefits for some of its participants. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcrm.org\/good-nutrition\/healthy-communities\/native-american-resources\">Native Food for Life<\/a> is a collaboration between tribal health officials and the Physicians Committee on Responsible Medicine. Native America Calling had an inadvertent role in the program\u2019s inception on the Navajo Nation almost two decades ago. It has since expanded beyond the Southwest.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_youtu-be\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_iYD0jPWVMk\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/17\/maxresdefault-132.jpg\" alt=\"Native Healthy Can Be Tasty\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_iYD0jPWVMk\">\n\t\t\tNative Healthy Can Be Tasty\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_iYD0jPWVMk\">\n\t\t\t<p>What to eat? This fun 4-minute video was created with and for citizens of the Navajo Nation of all ages. Knowledge about food is powerful, and can be used to&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/s\/desktop\/0715bbf9\/img\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"YouTube\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tYouTube\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Physicians Committee: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/_iYD0jPWVMk>Native Healthy Can Be Tasty<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAnd did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kjzz.org\/tribal-natural-resources\/2026-04-22\/dine-chef-justin-pioche-becomes-chopped-champion-in-latest-all-indigenous-episode\">pemmican bread pudding sway the judges<\/a> who awarded Din\u00e9 chef Justin Pioche champion of the \u201cIndigenous Inspiration\u201d episode of the Food Network\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/shows\/chopped\">Chopped<\/a>\u201d cooking competition? Pioche is busy back to work at his Fruitland, New Mexico-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/piochefoodgroup\/\">Pioche Food Group business<\/a>, but is taking time out to reach out to his fans, both new and old, after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorthernEdge\/posts\/congratulations-chef-justin-pioche-on-earning-1st-place-on-chopped-a-remarkable-\/1407352591431244\/\">high-profile success<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_youtu-be\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_GYsxNV4JWo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/17\/maxresdefault-133.jpg\" alt=\"Native Chef Justin Pioche Wins Food Network&#039;s Chopped\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_GYsxNV4JWo\">\n\t\t\tNative Chef Justin Pioche Wins Food Network&#8217;s Chopped\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_GYsxNV4JWo\">\n\t\t\t<p>Food Network&#8217;s first-ever Indigenous-themed Chopped competition brought together four celebrated Native chefs: Justin Piochi (Navajo), Mariah Gladstone (Blac&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/s\/desktop\/0715bbf9\/img\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"YouTube\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tYouTube\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">ICT: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/_GYsxNV4JWo>Native Chef Justin Pioche Wins Food Network&#8217;s Chopped<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nJustin Pioche (Din\u00e9), chef and owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/piochefoodgroup\">Pioche Food Group<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesbeard.org\/stories\/the-2023-james-beard-awards-semifinalists\">James Beard Award Best Chef semi-finalist in 2023<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/prayerwarriorart\/\">Jenson Yazzie<\/a> (Din\u00e9), photographer\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/josiehowardmd.com\/\">Dr. Josie Howard<\/a> (Cherokee), psychiatrist\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcrm.org\/about-us\/staff\/neal-barnard-md-facc\">Dr. Neal Barnard<\/a>, adjunct professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine\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; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/29\/JustinPioche.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/29\/JustinPioche.jpeg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Native traditional foods program aimed at curbing diabetes is credited with major weight loss and health benefits among participants. 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