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Wild Ideas Worth Living

Indigenous Brewing with Missy Begay and Shyla Sheppard

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Shyla Sheppard and Missy Begay are the founders of the first and only Native-women owned brewery in the U.S. They use Indigenous and local ingredients to make unique brews at Bow & Arrow Brewing in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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0:00.0

We've had a few guests on the show who've talked about the relationship between food and

0:08.1

adventuring.

0:09.6

Chef Maria Heinz is all about growing and eating food that supports her climbing.

0:14.7

Christian Jaring makes blood-low energy balls using native ingredients to fuel his long

0:20.1

races.

0:22.5

Shilah Shepherd and Missy Begey are exploring another way to use indigenous ingredients.

0:28.1

They're the founders of the first and only native women-owned brewery in the US.

0:34.0

The beer they make at Bowen Arrow Brewing is more than just a drink.

0:37.6

It celebrates Missy and Shilah's heritage and shares their stories with their community

0:42.3

in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

0:45.6

I'm Shelby Stanger and this is Wild Ideas Worth Living, an REI co-op studios production.

0:54.8

Shilah Shepherd and Missy Begey grew up on reservations 1,000 miles from each other.

1:00.5

Shilah is from the Fort Burthold Reservation in North Dakota and Missy is from the Navajo

1:06.2

Nation.

1:07.3

She grew up in the northeastern corner of Arizona.

1:10.2

The parametit Stanford University, while they were there, Shilah got really into beer.

1:15.4

A pint of hephazine at a local brewery opened her eyes to the brewing process and how

1:21.2

to use different ingredients and yeast.

1:26.0

Shilah Shepherd and Missy Begey, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living.

1:31.0

Thanks for having us.

1:32.5

We're excited to be here.

1:34.5

Will you guys each introduce yourselves?

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