Reclaiming Indigenous Foodways with NATIFS

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🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In this episode, we're joined with Mandu from NATIFS, North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems, to discuss food sovereignty and the future of indigenous foodways and the concept of culture and food as dynamic and evolving. North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NāTIFS), founded by James Beard award winners The Sioux Chef, is dedicated to addressing the economic and health crises affecting Native communities by re-establishing Native foodways. We imagine a new North American food system that generates wealth and improves health in Native communities through food-related enterprises. NāTIFS has opened the Indigenous Food Lab in the Midtown Global Market on historic Lake Street in Minneapolis. The Indigenous Food Lab is a professional Indigenous kitchen and training center covering all aspects of food service; research and development; Indigenous food identification, gathering, cultivation, and preparation; and all components of starting and running a successful culinary business based around Native traditions and Indigenous foods. Reclamation of ancestral education is a critical part of reversing the damage of colonialism and forced assimilation, and food is at the heart of this reclamation. NāTIFS will drive sustainable economic empowerment and prosperity into tribal areas through a reimagined North American food system that also addresses the health impacts of injustice. Check out NATIFS at NATIFS.org or @Natives_org on Instagram Support this podcast by becoming a Patron at: https://www.patreon.com/PoorProlesAlmanac

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0:00.0	Hey, folks, welcome back.
0:16.4	This is Andy from the Poor Proz Almanac.
0:19.2	In today's episode, we talk with Mandu from the North American
0:22.3	traditional indigenous food systems, or natives. Natifs was started by Chef Sean Sherman,
0:29.2	a James Beard award-winning indigenous cook who's focused on addressing the economic and health
0:34.3	crisis affecting the native communities by trying to re-establish native
0:38.3	foodways. The project is focused on imagining a new North American food system that generates
0:43.8	wealth and improves health in native communities through food-related enterprise. Now, this concept
0:49.7	of reclamation of ancestral education is not only important for reversing the damage of colonialism
0:55.1	and forced assimilation, but also provides a framework for how we can all collectively move forward
1:01.0	in addressing issues like land back and decolonization. So let's get to the episode.
1:13.5	Mandu, thanks so much for coming on. Can you tell us a little bit about the organization that you're involved with, the North
1:16.9	American traditional indigenous food systems or I believe it's pronounced natives if you're
1:21.6	using the acronym?
1:22.6	Yes, yes, we use the acronym natives.
1:25.4	Yeah, sure.
1:26.4	I'm happy to tell you a little bit about it.
1:27.6	We are a fairly new organization, a nonprofit organization, that are focusing on trying to
1:33.8	work everything related to indigenous food waste.
1:36.4	So our main mission statement is to promote indigenous food waste education and to facilitate indigenous food access.
1:46.6	It's very short and simple, but as you can tell, it's a really broad mission.
1:51.4	And because it's such a huge topic when we talk about foodways in general,
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