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Preserving Indigenous Foods

June 29, 2009 by Tricia

American Indians and the Slow Food Movement
Excerpt:“Today, genetically modified crops, biopiracy, environmental degradation and the growing distance of tribal members from traditional food production and consumption threaten many of these indigenous food products.”

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on July 16, 2009 at 8:16 pm | Reply Cristina

Slightly off the topic, but…when I was in Washington DC this past winter, at the National Museum of the American Indian, we had lunch at their museum cafe.

The Mitsitam Café (Mitsitam means “Let’s eat!” in the Native language of the Delaware and Piscataway peoples) offers Native foods found throughout the Western Hemisphere, including the Northern Woodlands, South America, the Northwest Coast, Mesoamerica, and the Great Plains. Each food station features cooking techniques, ingredients, and flavors found in both traditional and contemporary dishes.

I was so inspired.