Indigenous Foods

Jun 16, 2019
4 min

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 fo...

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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 Na...

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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 d...

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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 "Pres...

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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 Unite...

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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 th...

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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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