Ashela: A Choctaw Dish for the Woods or the Kitchen
The last couple of weeks have brought absolutely beautiful weather to our part of the world. The temperature has been pleasantly cool...
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Ian Thompson
- Mar 15, 2019
- 4 min
Lambsquarter Stew
Back in 2015, Ian began putting together a book about Indigenous Choctaw food, during spare time. Due to the complexity of the subject,...
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Ian Thompson
- Jun 17, 2018
- 3 min
Hvsh Bissa (Blackberry Month)
We're currently in the height of Blackberry Month in the Choctaw calendar. This image is of some blackberries picked yesterday at the...
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Ian Thompson
- Apr 8, 2018
- 2 min
A Day with Yappali
On Saturday, we were honored to have Yappali come to the Nan Awaya Heritage Farmstead. Yappali is an amazing group of Choctaw women (and...
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Ian Thompson
- Mar 18, 2018
- 2 min
Baking Bread the Choctaw Way
This weekend, we had the opportunity to try out another great Indigenous Choctaw food dish, the original cornbread. This cornbread, no...
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Ian Thompson
- Jan 21, 2018
- 2 min
The Original Choctaw Frybread
No Native American food is more popular than frybread. The frybread that most of us are used to was created by the Navajo people on the...
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Ian Thompson
- Nov 19, 2017
- 2 min
Preserving Choctaw Culture by Growing Hope
The image above is of a greenhouse that is being built by the Choctaw Nation this month. It is part of an exciting project called ...
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Ian Thompson
- Nov 17, 2017
- 2 min
Upcoming Book on Indigenous Choctaw Food
Traditional Choctaw foods are just as flavorful, just as deep, and probably healthier than any other cuisine that is popular in the...
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Ian Thompson
- Sep 6, 2017
- 1 min
Native Grape Season
The other day, I walked around a small oak tree on our farm and this is the delicious and unexpected sight that greeted me. I believe...
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Ian Thompson
- Jun 26, 2017
- 1 min
Baked Fish
This week, Choctaw Nation hosted its first Indigenous Immersion camp for a small group of Tribal youth who have been identified by their...
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Ian Thompson
- Nov 12, 2016
- 1 min
Making a Choctaw Mortar
This weekend, we camped out on our land and spent some of the time making a Choctaw mortar. Wooden mortars were used to grind corn into...
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Ian Thompson
- Nov 7, 2016
- 1 min
Acorn Stew
Today, we had fun making okchash (Choctaw acorn stew). This is a dish that dates back thousands of years. For about a year, we've been...
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