"Native American food" is incredibly diverse. Loretta Barrett Oden, chef and member of Citizen Potawatomi Nation, has studied the foodways of North and South America - which has proven useful as she creates a pan-Oklahoma (39 Nations!) menu for the new First Americans Museum. Her thoughts on fry bread are ... nuanced.

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Links:

First Americans Museum 

Judy Wicks 

Recovering Our Ancestors' Gardens 

Native Food Alliance 

Vinny Thomas 

Sources:

Journal of American Indian Education 

US Forest Service 

Government of the Northwest Territories 

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 

Native Food Systems 

National Geographic 

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