52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing - Week 33

Week 33 – Visit a Local Indigenous Restaurant from Robertson, David A. 52 Ways to Reconcile: How to Walk with Indigenous Peoples on the Path to Healing

This week, we are invited to visit an Indigenous restaurant and experience Indigenous food.

Every family has food traditions. Food brings people together, creates memories, and can even bring comfort. Indigenous foods and food traditions are just as diverse, varying from Nation to Nation and region to region.

Here on the Plains, traditional foods include wild rice, bison, fish, bannock, and berries. In the Pacific Northwest, fish and berries are much more common, while bison would not have been a traditional staple. There are also foods that can be found across many regions, including salmon, wild mushrooms, potatoes, kale, fiddlehead ferns, and wild game such as moose, elk, and caribou.

We regularly enjoy Chinese, Greek, Vietnamese, and Thai food, but when was the last time you heard about or tried Indigenous food?

Whatever region you live in, I invite you to seek out an Indigenous restaurant and give it a try.

Not sure where to start? Here in Calgary, you could visit Little Chief at Grey Eagle Resort & Casino or consider catering an event with Kokom’s Bannock Kitchen & Catering.

And if you know of an Indigenous restaurant or food business I haven’t mentioned, I would love for you to share its name with me!

Kinanâskomitin,

Jennifer

Want to read last weeks post, you can do so here.