Wednesday, November 27, 2024 – The Menu: Turkey stories, Finding Manoomin, salmon restoration, and a Native twist on boba

Native America Calling

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.

GUESTS

Kenneth Brink (Karuk), vice chairman of the Karuk Tribe

Sheldon Blackhorse (Diné), cultural advisor, actor, and math tutor

Kevin Wilson (Diné), owner of Native Boba Tea Co.

Leah Lemm (citizen of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe), senior editor for the Native News Initiative at Minnesota Public Radio and host of the Native Lights radio program

Break 1 Music: Ridin’ Out the Storm (song) Samantha Crain (artist)

Break 2 Music: Burn Your Village to The Ground (single) The Halluci-Nation (artist)