Twin Cities chef and Indigenous foods advocate Sean Sherman has been named to Time Magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Sherman runs the acclaimed Minneapolis restaurant Owamni, which focuses on Native foodways and won a national James Beard award for best new restaurant in 2022. The chef, a member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe, is also the author of several cookbooks including “The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen.”

April 2023

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