Name: Why aren't there more Native American restaurants?
Uploaded: 2021-07-06T14:57:23Z
Duration: 17 min 58 s
Description: When you think of North American cuisine, do Indigenous foods come to mind? Chef Sean Sherman serves up an essential history lesson that explains the absence of Native American culinary traditions across the continent, highlighting why revitalizing Indigenous education sits at the center of a better diet and healthier relationship with the planet.

When you think of North American cuisine, do Indigenous foods come to mind? Chef Sean Sherman serves up an essential history lesson that explains the absence of Native American culinary traditions across the continent, highlighting why revitalizing Indigenous education sits at the center of a better diet and healthier relationship with the planet.

Sean Sherman: Why aren't there more Native American restaurants?

Why aren't there more Native American restaurants?

By 1800s end, Indigenous control over lands plummeted from 80% to 2% due to US policies, impacting Native American cuisine.

Reviving Indigenous foods offers a path to sustainable living, celebrating diversity, and healing from historical trauma.

Exploring why Indigenous foods are mostly absent in modern cuisine, underscoring the loss due to historical colonial impacts.