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  Native American cuisine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Modern day native peoples retain a rich body of traditional foods, some of which have become iconic of present-day Native American social gatherings (for example, frybread).
American Indians of the Eastern Woodlands planted what was known as the "Three Sisters": corn, beans, and squash.
The pre-conquest cuisine of the Native Americans of Meso-America made a major contribution to shaping modern-day Mexican cuisine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Native_American_cuisine   (562 words)

  
 White Dove's Native American Indian Site Food and Cuisine
Native people processed some of the corn they grew by boiling it with wood ash.
Today, however, in native communities, wild rice, wojape (Lakota grape dumpling stew), grilled salmon on the Northwest Coast, and piki bread in Hopi communities still are markers of tribal identity.
Native American cuisine is a product of basic human needs, a wide range of environmental conditions, and a cultural understanding of how people relate to their environments in practical and ceremonials ways.
users.multipro.com /whitedove/encyclopedia/food-and-cuisine.html   (1845 words)

  
 Indian Givers
Since that first thanksgiving, Native Americans have given and continue to give gifts to the culture of our nation and to the world that have become so much a part of who we are that the givers of the gifts have been forgotten.
Native Americans helped Europeans overcome their distaste for shellfish, clams and oysters, mussels that were repugnant to the first European immigrants.
Native American spirituality is grounded in humility in the face of the mystery and sacredness of all life.
www.stmarkspresbyterian.org /stmarks/sermons/25nov01.htm   (2061 words)

  
 From Native Soil — American Indian Ingredients Are Ingrained in the Country's Cuisine (Restaurants USA, October 1999) ...
The influence of Native American cuisine stretches from the plains of North Dakota to the shores of New England.
Since Native Americans made their homes—and now reside—all across the United States, their influence has spread all over the culinary map, from the spicy chili of the Southwest to the clambakes of New England.
And Native American recipes, cooking methods and ingredients are appearing in a range of restaurants, from the most relaxed Mexican eateries to fine-dining establishments.
www.restaurant.org /rusa/magArticle.cfm?ArticleID=449   (2070 words)

  
 The Native American Foods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In the east, Native Americans had their fill of clams and mussels (and plenty of lobster too, only it was hardly considered a delicacy back then; instead, it was used as bait for catching cod and bass!).
Native Americans were hunters and gatherers, often gone on long journeys searching for provisions to last the winter.
There's even a movement toward Native American "haute cuisine." Think about a fine dining experienced that's centered around a feast of cedar planked, fire roasted juniper salmon, served with ash-roasted sweet corn and plenty of delicious hazelnut butter.
www.cooking-and-food.com /american-food/native-american-food.php   (897 words)

  
 Different cuisines of the world at E-commkitchen.com
American food is inconceivable without barbecue in its many variations, all kinds of fritters and a mess of greens.
Americans today are still discovering the wonders of regional Italian cuisine and will probably be doing so for some time.
American cuisine has come a long way since the early days of corn, beans and squash and along the way it has spawned some eminently forgettable food.
www.e-commkitchen.com /recipes/cuisineofworld/american.htm   (2164 words)

  
 Back to Native American roots
The traditional Native American diet, mostly plant-based with some wild meat, is a healthful one, relying on fish, game and a little red meat.
Native Americans who began to stray from that diet decades ago, turning to processed foods and fast foods like much of the rest of the country, are recognizing that it's time to return to their roots in the wake of alarming increases in obesity and diabetes.
Discussions of Native American foods and hospitality are themes in a 35-minute video by Apache/Navajo filmmaker Dustinn Craig that will be shown regularly in a new 40-seat theater.
www.azcentral.com /home/food/articles/0518nativefood0518.html   (1475 words)

  
 Turkey recipes, turkey preparation tips, low carb recipes, high protein food, heart healthy recipes, thanksgiving ...
From this land, Native American Indians fished, hunted wild game such as turkey, and cultivated a wealth of nourishing crops, including corn, squash, beans, potatoes and tomatoes.
While European foods are well-known in American cuisine, more than half of the foods we enjoy today are from our own shores, given to us by the North American Indian.
Wild turkey, a native American bird, was frequently hunted and eaten by North American Indians.
www.eatturkey.com /consumer/cookinfo/native.html   (578 words)

  
 The New Focus On Native American Cooking (washingtonpost.com)
The movement was the focus of the Native Food Summit held in Milwaukee earlier this monthto coincide with the city's annual Indian Summer Festival, one of the midwest's largest Native American cultural festivals.
That's a switch from the modern Native American diet, which is high in fat and refined starches and sugars.
She said Native Americans have persevered in issues of treaty rights, and have relied on their traditions and spirituality to combat many social issues.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A38390-2004Sep21.html   (751 words)

  
 SULAIR: Research Quick Start Guides: Native American Studies
Native American Folklore, 1879-1979: An Annotated Bibliography (Green Library HASRC Z1209.C57 1984) is arranged by geographic region and tribe, annotated entries.
American Indian and Alaska Native Populations from the U.S. Department of the Census.
Native Women: A Statistical Overview (Green Library Stacks E78.C2 W55 1985) uses illustrations and examines several indicators of the economic and social aspects of the lives of Canada's Native Women in the 1980's.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/adams/shortcu/amind.html   (2033 words)

  
 Totems to Turquoise | American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History and Restaurant Associates (RA) open the Northwest/Southwest Café on 4, featuring a menu of Native American cuisine, in conjunction with the new exhibition Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest.
Visitors may be surprised to discover to what extent Native American foods have been incorporated into our diet: tomatoes, butternut and summer squash, salmon, corn, popcorn, watermelon, and pumpkin are among the many indigenous North American items commonly eaten today.
Some of the foods on the menu are supplied directly to the Museum from several Native American tribes and aid in their financial development, including parched blue corn snacks from Santa Ana Pueblo's Agricultural Enterprises and beverages from the American Indian Tea and Coffee Company.
www.amnh.org /exhibitions/totems/cafe.php   (200 words)

  
 Native American Collectibles American Southwest Collectibles
Addressing over 200 groups of Native American groups in Canada and the United States, A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and People is at once exhaustive yet readable, covering myriad aspects of a people spread across ten geographical regions.
Whether he is giving the court interpretation of the term "tribe" (Many traditional Native American groups were not tribes at all but more like extended families) or describing how a Shoeshone woman served as a guide on the Louis and Clarke expedition, the material is always presented in a clear and lively manner.
It is not only a compelling resource for students and researchers of Native American studies, anthropology, and history, but an indispensable guide for anyone concerned with the past and present situation of the numerous Native American groups.
www.walterswebs.com /fm5.htm   (545 words)

  
 American Indians Bring Southwestern Native Cuisine to New York City
He was demonstrating Native recipes from the American Southwest before a group of sophisticated -- and salivating -- food lovers at the New York's American Museum of Natural History as part of the museum's ongoing Adventures in the Global Kitchen series.
The cuisine of the American Southwest is rooted in the dry desert regions of what are now the states of New Mexico and Arizona.
For many Americans, the food of the Southwest is all about the chile pepper - a humble vegetable with a hot and spicy attitude.
www.imdiversity.com /Villages/Native/family_lifestyle_traditions/voa_cuisine_nyc_0105.asp   (743 words)

  
 Goddard News - Top Feature
In observance of Native American, Goddard recognizes Navy Commander John B. Harrington the first registered member of the Chickasaw tribe who will be aboard STS-113.
Come and choose from a wide selection of Native American jewelry and cultural items that will be for sale.
The event will feature traditional Native American dances, drumming, and stories by members of the Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia.
www.gsfc.nasa.gov /goddardnews/20021108/native.html   (265 words)

  
 The Keystone - Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Concerned that the number of KU Native American students is one of the lowest enrolled ethnic group, the Multi-Cultural Center decided to have a Native American Festival.
Behind tables to the left stood vendors selling Native American pottery and jewelry, and to the right was a table of Native American cuisine prepared by the Wood Company.
Native Americans make up the smallest of Kutztown’s enrolled ethnic groups and their influence here is not that strong.
keystoneonline.com /story.asp?Art_id=794   (589 words)

  
 SAPL: Websites - Native American   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Whether you are a student with homework assignments on topics related to Native Americans or very interested in traditional medicine as practiced for hundreds of years by the first Americans.
Its mission is to "promote appreciation and respect for Native people and their cultural heritage, with emphasis on the traditional cultures of the Greater Southwest and on the evolving Native American Fine Art Movement." Teachers can sign up to receive the Heard Museum’s Teacher Mailing List that includes information about activities, exhibits, and Internet materials.
In the Regional Overview of Native American Clothing and Regalia section, you will find an annotated sketch as well as a link to a map of culture areas with illustrated clothing and a bibliography for Native American clothing and regalia.
www.sanantonio.gov /library/web/nativeamerican.asp?res=1024&ver=true   (5615 words)

  
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Traditional Native American dancing will be an important part of this festival, as performers exhibit both Fancy dancing and Jingle dancing.
The legend and traditions of Jingle dancing are also an important part of Native American heritage, as it is a common category in many dance competitions.
This free event, presented by PECO Energy and the Southeastern Cherokee Confederacy of Pennsylvania, works to publicize the importance of Native American culture and the contribution of the Cherokee community to the Philadelphia region.
www.irconnect.com /penn/pages/news_releases.html?d=42396   (649 words)

  
 SAPL: Websites - Native American   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
There is great information on Native American art forms, such as basketry and beadwork, and on clothing and dance regalia, cuisine and more.
The subjects covered are individual Native nations, Native organizations and urban Indian centers, education, the mascot issue, Native media, powwows and festivals, music, arts, Native business and general Native-oriented homepages.
Native American Health History - Developed by the Indian Health Service and the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, this searchable database contains bibliographic information and abstracts on historical American Indian and Alaskan Native medical and health research from 1652 to 1970.
www.sanantonio.gov /library/web/nativeamerican.asp?res=1024&ver=true   (5615 words)

  
 Ag at OSU - Authentic American Food
In 1929, while on a Boy Scouts of America encampment in England with Sir Baden Powell (Powell originated the BSA in Pawhuska in 1909), Red Corn cooked and served Native American cuisine for the Prince of Wales and for Prince George.
She is convinced that Native American cuisine can become a common part of everyday American culture.
Oklahoma means red man, and a Native American food industry would be a tribute to the very things that once sustained us," she says, her eyes sparkling.
www.okstate.edu /ag/agedcm4h/ag_news/ag@osu/fa96/afa96_6.htm   (984 words)

  
 Equal Opportunity Programs Office
Native American Cultural Program featuring traditional Native American dances, drumming, and stories by members of the Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia.
Maynard presents Native American Elders' involvement in the Global Climate Change Workshop Project and NASA sponsored "Native People, Native Homelands" where Elders shared their wisdom and culture on dealing with the weather.
Traditional Native American Dances by Piscataway and Rappahannock Tribal Nations accompanied by the Cedar Tree Singers, a well respected group of singers and drummers.
eeo.gsfc.nasa.gov /nap/events.html   (471 words)

  
 Heard Museum :: Current Exhibitions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The art of Native American basketry and delicious flavors of Native American cuisine will be celebrated.
Plus, Native Food producers from 15 tribes will sell delicious Native foods and some of the Southwest's top chefs will demonstrate both traditional and contemporary preparations and recipes.
The annual festival and marketplace is preceded by a conference that honors the basket-weaving heritage of Native cultures across the country.
www.heard.org /cob.php   (314 words)

  
 Cookbooks of the World - Native America Cookbooks
The cuisines of the world would be much poorer without the foods developed by Native Americans.
And these wonderful food plants were not simply found in America - they were consciously developed by Native American farmers long before other peoples found their way to the continents of North and South America.
The Art of American Indian Cooking is a sensuous journey of color, scent, and flavor through five North American regions.
www.almudo.com /NativeAmericanCookbooks.htm   (591 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of North American Indians - - Food and Cuisine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Seeds, the stored energy that produces new life, were an essential part of native foods.
It was probably domesticated in northern Mexico and introduced into the American Southwest by about 4000 b.c.
Maple sugar was used most extensively by native people around the Great Lakes region Menominees, Potawatomies, Ojibwas, Fox, and Sauks.
college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/naind/html/na_012400_foodandcuisi.htm   (1892 words)

  
 Bold Tongue's Native American Links Page
He was not so strong a character as the other, and was inclined to be pompous and boastful; but with all this he was a true type of native American in spirit and bravery.
If any ever demonstrated their physical and moral courage beyond cavil, it was this race of purely American heroes, among whom Little Wolf was a leader.
Native Art: We promote authentic Native American Art of the highest quality.
www.lastoftheindependents.com /nativesring.html   (697 words)

  
 Autry National Center | Totems to Turquoise Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest
With more than 500 objects, including dazzling contemporary and historic Native American jewelry and artifacts, Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest celebrates thousands of years of culture and experience through this ancient and ever-changing mode of creative expression.
This event features Native American dance and musical performances, a curator presentation, a VIP recognition ceremony, complimentary cocktails, and Native American-inspired cuisine by Cheers Catering.
The works of contemporary Native artists from the Northwest Coast and desert Southwest regions of North America are enormously popular today, especially in the realm of jewelry.
autrynationalcenter.org /totems_to_turquoise.php   (917 words)

  
 Maine Folklife Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
For example, in New England, Native American cuisine (corn, beans, squash) is blended with European cuisine (wheat) mostly from England but with touches of Africa (sugar cane, molasses).
A delicious story unfolds, from the blueberry fields of Downeast and the fisheries of coastal Maine, to the potato fields of Aroostook County and the bean-hole beans of lumber camps.
Traditional Native American cuisine consisted of corn, beans and squash.
www.umaine.edu /folklife/foodways.htm   (1613 words)

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