Do Native Food Sources Really Exist?

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i think part of the issue that we have when we talk about native people and our food systems are all o these diet related illnesses. But it's rarely talked about in terms of this bigger context, which explains why we're at where we're at with diobetes rate. There's been intentional work to shift our diets into these highly processed, subsidized food systems. And so i frame this within this y context, not just what we're doing, but why we're doing it,. It's really cool to be able to look at ancestral wisdom and the ways in which our ancestors recognized that need to steward the land. I know a previous podcast episode talked about indigenous fireacology

Shoving elk into a dorm room freezer. The wildest tasting rice. Flower bulbs, acorn whoopie pies, frybread debates, mushroom foraging tips, corn magic, puffball mythology, decolonized diets, squash lasagna, bison harvests, small worlds, Instapots and – most importantly – food sovereignty with the WONDERFUL Indigikitchen cooking show host, environmental scientist Mariah Gladstone, who reminds us all that native foods aren’t a part of a past, but an essential and exciting aspect of the future.

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Transcripts by Emily White of The Wordary

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