Episode 18: Brian Yazzie On Cooking In Two Worlds

Episode #18 Notes1:00 - What motivated you to become a chef?2:00 - How has white settler colonialism impacted the food ways of the indigenous people in the US?3:45 - On weaponizing foods.5:40 - What has the impact of “the standard American diet” on native people in the US?10:30 - How did you end up working with Sean Sherman?14:45 - What are some of the traditional, pre-contact foods you use in your cooking?16:30 - Recipes!18:45 - Tell us about your experience serving food at Standing Rock, and how did this experience effect you?22:30 - How do you define food sovereignty?24:00 - What are some of the biggest threats or challenges that need to be overcome in your work?25:20 - What can listeners do to help bring back native food ways?26:30 - How will your work - and the larger indigenous rights and food movement - impact things like agricultural policy and land reform?30:00 - What’s your vision for the food system?34:00 - What books would you like to recommend?Buffalo Bird Woman’s Garden - Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians, Gilbert L. WilsonSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.