Recovering Our Ancestors' Gardens Indigenous Recipes and Guide to Diet and Fitness

Name: Recovering Our Ancestors' Gardens Indigenous Recipes and Guide to Diet and Fitness
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ISBN: 9780803232532

ISBN-10: 0803232535

ISBN-13: 9780803232532

Edition: 2005

Authors: Devon A. Mihesuah, Devon Mihesuah

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Featuring an array of tempting traditional Native recipes and no-nonsense practical advice about health and fitness,Recovering Our Ancestors' Gardens, by the acclaimed Choctaw author and scholar Devon Abbott Mihesuah, draws on the rich indigenous heritages of this continent to offer a helpful guide to a healthier life. The first half of the book consists of clear and often pointed discussions about the generally poor state of indigenous health today and how and why many Natives have become separated from their traditional diets, sports, and other activities. Poor health, Mihesuah contends, is a pervasive consequence of colonialism. Indigenous foods and activities can be reclaimed, however,…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 12/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 218
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Indigenous Health and Diet



The State of Indigenous Health



Traditional Diets



Traditional Activity



How Did We Arrive at This Unhealthy Situation?



What Are We Ingesting?



How Many Calories Do We Need?



Changing What We Eat



Recovering Our Fitness



Planting Gardens



Become a Fitness Activist


Indigenous Recipes


Experiment with Foods


Kitchen Equipment


Appetizers


Guacamole Dip


Summer Salsa


Super Dip


Baked Tortilla Chips


Salads


Everything Salad


Poke Salat


Strawberry and Spinach Salad


Soups and Stews


Dakota Waskuya (Dakota Dried Sweet Corn Soup)


Gazpacho


Elk Stew


Eileen's Acorn Squash-Pumpkin Soup


Choctaw Stew


Chicken Stew


Osage Strip Meat Soup (Ta-ni)


Main Dishes


Meat and Vegetable Kabobs


Elk Steaks


Good for Your Heart Fried Moose Meat


Venison Burgers


Salmon


Osage Pounded Meat (Ta'-pashe)


Vegetables and Side Dishes


Baked New Potatoes


Vegetable Saute


Sweet Taters


Boiled Okra Soldiers


Mamaw Helton's Creamed Corn


Osage Yonkopin (Tse-wa-the)


Chahta Tamfula


Chickasaw Pashofa


Pinto Beans


Green Chili


Grilled Corn on the Cob


Luiseno Weewish


Wild Onions


Zucchini Canoes


Stuffed Bell Peppers


Grits


Spaghetti Squash


Comanche Ata-Kwasa


Tepary Bean-Prickly Pear Cassoulet


Breads


Choctaw Banaha


Corn Bread


Corn, Bean, and Turkey Bread


Osage Persimmon Cakes (Wah-zha-zhe wa-dsiu-e cta-i[superscript n]-ge)


Drinks


Abuske


Fruit Smoothie


Desserts


Fruit Salad


Mamaw Helton's Stewed Fruit


The Grandfathers' Favorite Dessert


Preserving Foods



One-Week Diet Chart


Notes and Sources


Index