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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
Henrietta Gomez and Gilbert Suazo, Sr., receive a Taos Pueblo squash in 2018.
food

Centuries After Their Loss and Theft, Native American Seeds Are Reuniting With Their Tribes

They are being recovered from seed banks, university vaults, and museum shelves.
María Paula Rubiano A. November 2, 2022
Although potentially poisonous in raw form, cooked pokeweed has long been a hearty green in Louisiana.
food

The Native-American Origins of Gumbo

While credit for the dish is widely shared, here’s how to choose ingredients that celebrate its Indigenous roots.
Morgan Randall June 9, 2025
Creating an artificial log jam in 2012.
food

How Constructing Enormous ‘Log Jams' Is Saving a Native Salmon

For the Quinault Indian Nation, restoring their fisheries is a multi-generation project.
Lucia Whalen July 16, 2020
Ingredients that underpin the cuisine include pitseed goosefoot (left), a type of physalis known as ground cherries, among other names (center), and sunflowers pressed into oil (right).
restaurants

The Cherokee Chefs Bringing Back North America’s Lost Cuisine

Researching traditional foods led them to the revelations of an archaeological dig in Kentucky.
Eric J. Wallace June 4, 2020
Turn a walk in the woods into a multi-purpose kitchen ingredient.
trees

How to Turn a Walk in the Woods Into an Ancient Indigenous Kitchen Staple

Easy foraging can add a touch of the forest to your tea, stews, and even bath.
Luke Fater May 4, 2020
These patties were once the core of what historian George Colpitts calls a "high-calorie energy regime."
recipe

How to Make a 5,000-Year-Old Energy Bar

Eat like ancient Great Plains hunters with this simple recipe.
Sam O'Brien April 30, 2020
Ringuette at the Bickford Centre, a Toronto school board property, decorated with murals by indigenous artists.
food

How an Indigenous Chef Fights for Food Sovereignty

Johl Whiteduck Ringuette wants to give indigenous Canadians control over their own food.
Sono Motoyama April 15, 2020
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Gatherings Cafe

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.
Osoyoos, British Columbia

Nk'Mip Cellars

North America's first Indigenous-owned winery is located within Canada's only desert-like ecosystem.
Chef Brian Yazzie says your pantry is likely full of indigenous American ingredients, such as canned corn and dried beans.
food

The Chef Bringing Native American Flavors to Communities in Quarantine

For Brian Yazzie, the COVID-19 pandemic evokes a history of smallpox, European colonization, and indigenous resilience.
Reina Gattuso March 27, 2020
Frybread serves as a base for Tocabe's Indian Taco.
restaurants

How Native-Owned Restaurants Prioritize Native-Grown Ingredients

Native American restaurants are sourcing traditional foods from near and far.
Daliah Singer March 13, 2020
An invisible toxin has appeared in shellfish that are part of the fabric of Native Alaskan life.
poison

How Warming Waters and Toxic Clams Threaten Native Alaskans

“If you can’t gather shellfish then you’re going to starve.”
Zoya Teirstein March 9, 2020
Cynthia and Elouise Wilson inspect Four Corners potato plants at Red Butte Garden.
food

How a Potato Is Fueling the Fight to Protect a National Monument

Indigenous farmers in Utah are championing an ancient spud.
Amiee Maxwell March 2, 2020
Canoes are the traditional vehicles for gathering wild rice.
food

The Cross-Border Indigenous Battle for Wild Rice

In the Great Lakes region, what some consider a weed is actually a sacred seed.
Darcy Rhyno February 12, 2020
Calgary, Alberta

Little Chief

What happens when a chef with Indigenous roots takes over a hotel-restaurant?
Phoenix, Arizona

Fry Bread House

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.
Seattle, Washington

Off the Rez Cafe

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?