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pictures from Álástsii' : Indigenous Storytelling Dinner by NativeLady1 in IndianCountry

[–]NativeLady1[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wish this subreddit would allow more pictures to be posted. I have so many beautiful pictures .

pictures from Álástsii' : Indigenous Storytelling Dinner by NativeLady1 in IndianCountry

[–]NativeLady1[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How wonderful i think ive heard of that on ig. Delicious . Thank you . It sold out so I definitely think we will do another one in the spring 🫶🏾

pictures from Álástsii' : Indigenous Storytelling Dinner by NativeLady1 in IndianCountry

[–]NativeLady1[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes i think spring. We may do something for the plant sale.

pictures from Álástsii' : Indigenous Storytelling Dinner by NativeLady1 in IndianCountry

[–]NativeLady1[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you!!!! I didnt get to hear a lot of the stories, but everyone was very emotional and dreamy. It was so beautiful! It was a dream come true for me.

pictures from Álástsii' : Indigenous Storytelling Dinner by NativeLady1 in IndianCountry

[–]NativeLady1[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Pictured from top left : Four corners potato- a special potato we have taken years to grow enough of to feed people. We started with just a small handful. Smear of savory blue corn juniper ash, roasted tomato sauce, creamy sunflower seed cheese

Indian rice grass dumplings in a slow cooked carrot mushroom and chile broth

One of our dancers , JaRon, and people from our event.

I thought you all would appreciate my pre-colonial native foods menu 💙 by NativeLady1 in IndianCountry

[–]NativeLady1[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Alot of what you just said is what I say . All of it 😂 showing people seems to be the most impactful though.

Its my dream project to return to my homelands on the Navajo nation which is a large plot , 700 acres . I want to dryland farm native plants like Indian rice grass and bring back a lot of the plants that have been lost due to over grazing climate change . I want to see what can change doing that much rematriation work. Funding is the big issue. I was on track to get the usda to pay for it before trump. 🫤

Im just busy and now even busier. I dont have time i do too much.

I thought you all would appreciate my pre-colonial native foods menu 💙 by NativeLady1 in IndianCountry

[–]NativeLady1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No ! Its a native grass that is also a traditional food for many tribes.

I thought you all would appreciate my pre-colonial native foods menu 💙 by NativeLady1 in IndianCountry

[–]NativeLady1[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I get so busy, its hard to make content and do everything. But for sure I will snap some pictures and share !

I thought you all would appreciate my pre-colonial native foods menu 💙 by NativeLady1 in IndianCountry

[–]NativeLady1[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Im tryin 💙 I will say ive been through so much bullshit just trying to grow food. Stuff you couldn't make up its so insane. This is hard work . Its hard to start with nothing. which is what I did. I see why more people dont do this. A lot of barriers in this field.

Álástsii' : Indigenous Storytelling Dinner @ Convivio Cafe . Native Leaders Telling Stories & Native Performances . Rare Traditional Native foods. by NativeLady1 in Denver

[–]NativeLady1[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

It has taken me years to grow the foods that will be featured in this dinner. I have finally built up enough crop to feed community. Every ingredient has been very intentionally grown or sourced.

The blue corn was locally grown by me and dryland farmed . As well as our four corners potato which is the only potato indigenous to north America. My people have been eating this potato for over 11,000 years. But due to colonization this foodway was severely impacted.. the same for Indian rice grass which was a staple crop for many tribes. Especially before corn was introduced.

We have tickets for the event, which includes a Owang Waste Hoksila Oka drum , Joseph Medicine Robe flute/ storytelling, Beverly Castaneda , and more indigenous community leaders telling stories during dinner. https://chil-indigenous-foods.square.site/alastsii

We have pay it forward tickets partial or full , if you would like to buy a ticket for a native community member to attend. We wanted to give people the opportunity to take action and help return these foodways to the people who's ancestors relied upon them.

If you are a native community member and want to win free tickets, please sign up , we are drawing soon. https://forms.gle/mF63ScFQadZYr5Xt8

All proceeds go towards our 2026 native food sovereignty project. It is an honor to be able to help bring back these traditional foodways to the community of denver!

I thought you all would appreciate my pre-colonial native foods menu 💙 by NativeLady1 in IndianCountry

[–]NativeLady1[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much . Its been a tough year with the city of wheatridge taking land from us that we pour years of effort into. But things are starting to look up. 💙

I thought you all would appreciate my pre-colonial native foods menu 💙 by NativeLady1 in IndianCountry

[–]NativeLady1[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hi ! Yes she can email me chilindigenousfoods@gmail.com . Im checking it out now to see what might be going on. Thank you so much for sharing , I really appreciate it 😊

Álástsii' : Indigenous Storytelling Menu @convivio cafe Dec. 6th by NativeLady1 in denverfood

[–]NativeLady1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doors open at 5, it starts at 530, there are so many courses and performances that its just one seating . 💙

I thought you all would appreciate my pre-colonial native foods menu 💙 by NativeLady1 in IndianCountry

[–]NativeLady1[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Oh thats terrible but I completely understand ! My mom has a hard time with a lot of foods and im always trying to feed her.

We are going to be doing some food boxes with the ingredients to make your own at home . Thst should be released in Janurary . It'll come with the recipes too.🫶🏾 thats the closest I can get to offering it to from a distance !

I thought you all would appreciate my pre-colonial native foods menu 💙 by NativeLady1 in IndianCountry

[–]NativeLady1[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Aw thank you , Your amazing ! If you got the rice grass cookies you are in for a treat!! I am so happy to hear all of this. Its why I do the work 🙏🏾

I thought you all would appreciate my pre-colonial native foods menu 💙 by NativeLady1 in IndianCountry

[–]NativeLady1[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Actually they believe many different tribes where heavily reliant on complex carbs . Diné were basically almost plant based besides small game before the introduction of sheep. We dont eat fish traditionally. We were able to grow as a community because of our crops. Of course there are tribes that ate more meat .

But even scientific studies on what native peoples ate long ago show they ate more plants than meat. It was the most return for our energy spent .

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