Original Local: Indigenous Foods, Stories, and Recipes from the Upper Midwest

Original Local: Indigenous Foods, Stories, and Recipes from the Upper MidwestLocal foods have garnered much attention in recent years, but the concept is hardly new: Indigenous peoples have always made the most of natures gifts. Their menus were truly the original local, celebrated here in 135 home tested recipes paired with stories from tribal activists, food researchers, families, and chefs. A chapter devoted to wild rice makes clear the crucial role manoomin plays in Native cultures. Similar attention is lavished on the

These contributions reveal the continuing impact and vitality of historical and collective memory

Blackfoot is not usually written in syllabics

simple medicines

details her journey to becoming a poet

this dictionary spells words to reflect their actual pronunciation with a direct match between the letters used and the speech sounds of Ojibwe

Anishinaabe Syndicated is a miracle

winning prizes for essay-writing and oration

Red Shirt became increasingly aware of the distance between her world and that of her ancestors

including the ceremonies

Their stories

This CD is for anyone who enjoys music of the heart whatever language it is written in

this powerful autobiographical picture book teaches readers to use their big voice and that everyone deserves to be seen—and heard