As inflation soars, access to Indigenous foods declines
By Associated Press Blueberry bison tamales, harvest salad with mixed greens, creamy carrot and wild rice soup, roasted turkey with squash. This contemporary Native American meal, crafted from the traditional foods of tribes across the United States and prepared with “Ketapanen” – a Menominee expression of love – cost caterer Jessica Pamonicutt $976 to feed […]
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 […]