Traditional Native American Food?

Question

I am doing a project on general/traditional native american culture. I am wondering if there are any foods that are traditional that I could make?

Answer 1

Pemican is actually delicious and can be made using a dehydrator. I've included a couple links...one with recipes and another where you can purchase a modern version if you don't feel like making it.
The traditional flat bread is bannock. Bannock can be made Inuit style, Native American style or as a twist using a seasoned piece of wood over an open fire. I made it for years while a scout leader.
I hope this helps.....

Answer 2

Native spokes-people, organizations testify how funding cuts are going to literally create Native hunger and health problems. Oneida Nation spokesperson Ray Halbritter testifies clearly and concisely how Gaming Act changes will stop those tribes who do have successful casinos from filling in gaps with the only Native enterprise that has actually proven successful. The National Indian Education Association states how "food for the minds" of our Native youth will be reduced to starvation diet too. But kids who are litrerally physically hungry are not able to pay attention to their studies much anyway. That's why we try to have substantial hot lunch and if possible hot breakfast programs in our schools. To provide nutrition they otherwise don't get. Blueberries -- Economics of commercial blueberries for Native people. Read above this sub-section and below it. Blueberries hardly show up till the end. This is mostly a story about typical hard times for reservation people. Think about this next time you are eating some bought in a store or restaurant.. --------------------------------------... Two Moons (Months) of Sacred Food: Maple Sugar and Wild Rice --Wild Rice -- Mahnoomin, sacred seeds -- is still a staple of the diets of a few (mostly Anishnaabeg) people who live near the Great Lakes. Anishinaabemowin vocabulary-builder, for many of the processes of ricing. You should be able to read it even if uninterested in the language. --Maple sugar-- Wendjidu Zinzibahkwud, Real Sugar -- was a staple of the diets of Anishinaabeg peoples, and probably all who lived where sugar maples (there are many species) grow. Some traditional sugaring is still done today. Anishinaabemowin vocabulary-builder. --------------------------------------... -- WIISINIWAN -- RECIPES real ones you can use and traditional methods/processes that are cultural education you can't usually actually do. Native cookbooks; some cookbooks for kids.

Answer 3

Check on-line for some amazing recipes. Just type in "native traditional recipes". Good Luck!! Oh by the way if you do make fry bread, I believe it's best eaten hot! FYI in the olden days fry bread was eaten with pure lard. Also the history of fry bread and how it originated is interesting too. Fry bread was a means not to starve because back in the days that was what was given to us so we made the best out of what we were given. It is not a truly Native American dish.

Answer 4

Try http://nativechefs.com for a full discussion and history of Native American food and recipes.

Answer 5

Try this site -- Native American Recipes

http://www.nativetech.org/recipes/index.php

Answer 6

Corn corn and corn. The simplest, most traditional is perhaps soaking the husks and cooking them on the grill.

If you want to get fancier, you can cook buffalo in soup.

Answer 7

Frybread is an awesome native american food/treat! Its fattening as all heck but well worth it!

Answer 8

strawberry shortcake, real whipped cream on biscuits,
buffalo, venison, squash soup, corn soup-made with hominy, as suggested, do a search on line, you will find some good recipes

Answer 9

corn and some horrible tasting bread. venecin, wild game...

Answer 10

corn, game meat, mutton(lamb) and fry bread