This article on Eater Online delves into how indigenous traditions are kept alive as a Northern California tribe fights to fish and hunt as they always have in the face of climate change and dwindling food sources.
"Despite the more than 164-year assault on the North Coast’s native peoples and their indigenous foodways...the Tolowa Dee-ni’, which currently include 1,609 tribal members, continue to practice their traditions today."
Health problems have plagued the indigenous peoples as they are forced move further and further away from their traditional foods. "In general, Native Americans in the U.S. suffer from high diabetes and obesity rates: 17 percent of adult Native Americans have diabetes and 43 percent are obese as opposed to 6 percent and 28 percent, respectively for non-Hispanic whites."
“We’ve always been stewards of the land,” Bommelyn, a hunter and language teacher at the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation, says “We have a deep connection with our food and our connection with animals is strong. They are sacred. They give their lives to provide for us.”
Health problems have plagued the indigenous peoples as they are forced move further and further away from their traditional foods. "In general, Native Americans in the U.S. suffer from high diabetes and obesity rates: 17 percent of adult Native Americans have diabetes and 43 percent are obese as opposed to 6 percent and 28 percent, respectively for non-Hispanic whites."
“We’ve always been stewards of the land,” Bommelyn, a hunter and language teacher at the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation, says “We have a deep connection with our food and our connection with animals is strong. They are sacred. They give their lives to provide for us.”
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