Minnesota Monthly: Indigenous-Inspired Feasts for Thanksgiving
I left Minnesota for about four years to live in Mexico and Montana, and when I returned in 2012, I started seeing indigenous foods everywhere—literally popping out of the forest. In Bemidji, I spent a couple days foraging, fighting ticks, and finding lots of fun foods for a dinner. It was my first time making an all-indigenous dining experience.
Even though Thanksgiving has a loose, fictionally based storyline, it’s a time when so many celebrate indigenous foods, whether they realize it or not. You look at your traditional Thanksgiving table, with turkey, squash, beans, and sweet potatoes—it’s indigenous stuff. And I hope my cookbook, The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, helps people play with those flavors.
By: Sean Sherman
Story Date: 2018-10-22T05:00:00+00:00