Sioux Chef’s Owamni Restaurant Opens
By Brad Hagen I’m walking down the path alongside West River Parkway, a trail I’ve taken dozens of times. I walk under the third avenue bridge, admiring the much needed construction that will continue into the Fall, and under the Hennepin Avenue bridge, it’s thick concrete and green steel girders looking like they belong in […]
Chefs raise awareness and funds for Native higher education
By Dina Horwedel Many Natives have tasted Native squash and enjoyed staghorn sumac, along with the tart/sweet delicious taste of chokecherries, but most people outside of Native communities have not had that pleasure. Thanks to two Native chefs and four Twin-cities professional chefs, nearly 100 guests of the American Indian College Fund who braved the […]
Traditional Native foods are highlighted in Sioux Chef’s cookbook
Review By Deborah Locke The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen By Sean Sherman (author) Beth Dooley (contributor) Univ Of Minnesota Press October 10, 2017 256 pages So you think fry bread is a long standing traditional American Indian cuisine? Nope. Sean Sherman, an Oglala Lakota chef with a mission to show people how to use and enjoy truly traditional […]
Sioux Chef picked as restaurant for new Minneapolis riverfront park
The Sioux Chef, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, and Minneapolis Parks Foundation will partner to open a riverfront restaurant and food service venue for the future public pavilion at Water Works. The Sioux Chef is a diverse, Indigenous-led team committed to revitalizing Native American Cuisine and reclaiming an important culinary tradition that has been long […]
AIM Interpretive Center takes wild rice and Native culture to France
By Norma Renville and Jack Swanson After two years of planning and development work conducted by American Indian Movement Interpretive Center (AIMIC) board members, staff and consultants, the AIMIC sent a delegation to the Foire de Tours in Tours, France to introduce its citizens to real wild rice and to share their culture. The Foire, which […]