by Martin | Apr 10, 2023 | Updates
O’ahu’s Indigenous food sovereignty efforts In March, Sean Sherman was invited to O’ahu to learn about Indigenous Hawaiian food sovereignty efforts on the island. There were many highlights. We were hosted by Kealoha Domingo of Nui Kealoha Hawaii, a Native...
by Martin | Apr 9, 2023 | Featured 3, Updates
The US Department of the Interior hosted a listening session attended by NATIFS members in early April at RES2023. The session was offered to gather Tribal input on draft revisions to 25 CFR Chapter II (Indian Arts and Crafts Act). Draft revisions to the Act, first...
by Martin | Apr 7, 2023 | Updates
In October, Chef Sean Sherman was invited to the Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, an international Slow Food Festival held in Turin, Italy. Sean and NATIFS’ Indigenous Food Lab Culinary Program Specialist Vern DeFoe (Red Cliff Ojibwe) participated as representatives of...
by Martin | Mar 1, 2023 | Updates
Food access and justice are inextricably intertwined. By providing education and training to give Native people access to healthy, local, Indigenous food, we can not only address serious issues of malnutrition, food-related illness, and economic impoverishment on...
