I am a Dakota and Yaqui student at Harvard Medical School. Prior to medical school, I completed my Master of Public Health on a Fulbright Scholarship, was an acting-clerk for the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples in the U.S. House of Representatives, and served as Co-Chair of the UN Global Indigenous Youth Caucus.
, takes us on a journey through his mission to reclaim Indigenous foodways in North America. Most recently, Chef Sherman was honored with the prestigious, Minnesota's inaugural full-service Indigenous restaurant, and and as the visionary behind the groundbreaking non-profit organization, North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems and it’s Indigenous Food Lab?: I used to work as an executive chef in Minneapolis, where the farm-to-table philosophy was gaining traction.
So, there's a direct correlation to this huge health epidemic in tribal communities. Some communities can have up to 60% type two diabetes, and this is directly linked to the nutrition that's available to our people. Poor health statistics are not because our people are inherently unhealthy. It's largely because colonization targeted our food sovereignty. The more our food sovereignty is restored, the healthier we will be.
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