In Navajo origin stories, the turkey is a hero. He gathers up all the seeds from the third world and brings them to the fourth world we live in today. Many other tribes revere turkeys and make use of their feathers.
Anishinaabe journalist, Leah Lemm, documents her own cultural reconnection by gathering wild rice, or manoomin, in her home reservation in Minnesota for the first time.
Salmon are returning to the undammed Klamath River (Photo: by Matt Mais, Yurok Tribe)
Salmon are coming back to the tributaries of the Klamath River in California for the first time in a century after tribes helped bring about the largest dam removal project in history.
And a Diné entrepreneur creates an unlikely fusion of traditional flavors and the increasingly popular boba drink craze.
Those are the topics all on The Menu, our regular feature on Indigenous food stories and news.
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