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When foraging, never take the first or last of something, and always share what you gather.
nature

A Field Guide to North America’s Wild Crops

Spot these free-ranging versions of your favorite produce on your next hike.
Reina Gattuso April 7, 2021
Project coordinator Rosy Hartman found this child's shoe at a former school site Carcross, Yukon. It's now part of the Witness Blanket, wrapped in red medicine cloth and surrounded by sage and sweetgrass.
art

The Indigenous Canadian Work of Art with a Life of Its Own

The Witness Blanket, which honors survivors of cultural genocide, has the legal rights of a living entity.
Ellie Clin March 25, 2021
Spirit Mountain Roasting Company advertises itself as "Indigenous from seed to cup."
food

Across the Nation, a Native American Coffee Movement Is Brewing

Beans roasted on reservations are coming to your cup.
Tsanavi Spoonhunter March 23, 2021
Matrinxã mujeca (a fish soup) with local chilis and chili sauce.
restaurants

The Trailblazing Brazilian Restaurant Serving a Taste of the Amazon

Studying anthropology inspired a husband-wife team to ignore mockery and share their native foods.
Rafael Tonon March 3, 2021
The portraits, including this one of a woman of the Arapahoe nation, were shot during the 1898 Indian Congress in Omaha, Nebraska.
museums

An Artist Reunites Members of the 1898 Indian Congress

In her work, Wendy Red Star reframes representation of Native Americans.
Winnie Lee March 3, 2021
Every American schoolchild learns how Native Americans helped the Pilgrims survive their first year in what's now Massachusetts, but the full story is far more complex.
native americans

Before Plymouth Colony and the Pilgrims, There Was Patuxet

Slavery, plague, and territorial conflict likely made the Europeans' arrival on Wampanoag land possible.
Virginia Williams February 22, 2021
Lewisian gneiss inukshuk.
Burravoe, Scotland

The Old Haa's Inuksuit Collection

These sculptures common among indigenous populations in North America, celebrate Shetland's unique geology.
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Sydney, Australia

The Lillipad Cafe

An indigenous ethnobotanist runs this brunch spot celebrating Australia’s native flavors.
Chef Amy Foote preparing fresh Alaskan salmon for soup.
hospitals

Why an Alaskan Hospital Added Reindeer Pot Pie and Seal Soup to Its Menu

A state-spanning network of volunteers powers the program.
Bailey Berg December 30, 2020
Teruyo Usa, owner and founder of Harukor, wearing Ainu robes.
restaurants

The Only Ainu Restaurant in Tokyo

Harukor serves foods from Japan's northernmost island that colonialism nearly eradicated.
Mara Budgen December 9, 2020
The completed painting.
Villahermosa, Mexico

'La Ceiba' Water Tank

The majestic, sacred tree is represented on this piece of public infrastructure.
The Suella, an egg-and-bacon breakfast plate with a sour Davidson plum drizzle.
restaurants

In Sydney, a Cafe Serving Aboriginal Food Brings Comfort and Challenges

Nyoka Hrabinsky, an Aboriginal ethnobotanist, is turning “bush tucker” into brunch.
Reina Gattuso November 19, 2020
Morgan Crisp holds a beer from 7 Clans, the Native beer brand she cofounded in 2018.
beer

The Radical Act of Opening a Brewery as a Native American

Many associate beer and spirits with disease and colonialism.
Eric J. Wallace November 16, 2020
Steps to Mound A
Pioneer, Louisiana

Poverty Point World Heritage Site

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.
Tlalixtac de Cabrera, Mexico

Caldo de Piedra

Fiery-hot river rocks make soup sizzle at this restaurant showcasing indigenous Chinantec cuisine.
An aerial view of a portion of the site that a drone surveyed in Kansas.
earthworks

How Drones Help Archaeologists Peer Into the Earth

A late-night drone flight spotted a large, circular earthwork beneath a field in Kansas.
Karen Chernick October 9, 2020
A wasp investigates the fruit and flowers atop a saguaro cactus south of Sells, Arizona.
deserts

The Ancient Art of Harvesting Fruit in the Desert

Treasured by the Tohono O’odham, saguaro fruit appear only in the Sonoran summer.
Chris Malloy September 25, 2020
The print on artist Melinda Shcakhofer's mask is based on an 18th-century engraving of a slave ship.
art

Indigenous Artists Are Reclaiming Masks as a Source of Storytelling and Strength

Bringing together traditional materials and modern messages.
Carolyn B. Heller September 15, 2020