by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 6, 2022 | American Indian diet, Indian diet, Indian gardens, Indigenous cuisine, Kimmerer, Lakota, salmon, Squanto
It struck me first in the wake of the Vietnam War, when hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese, Laotian, Thai, and Cambodian refugees arrived in America—and began opening restaurants. Even then I thought back to small Mexican restaurants in 1950s Southern California, and...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 16, 2012 | Alvin Josephy, American Indian diet, Civil War American West, colonialism, commodity foods, demise of buffalo, Indian diet, little ice age
I’m stretching my Josephy Library legs, offering a class—“Introduction to Indian Studies and the Nez Perce Story”—at the new Josephy Center. It’s based on Alvin materials—chapters from books, speeches, and journal articles he wrote over 50 years—and has become a...
