Just Sustainability, Episode 4: Sean Sherman – Reclaiming Indigenous cultures and foodways

On this episode we meet Sean Sherman and learn about the impact of settler colonialism, Indigenous foods and foodways, the reclamation of Indigenous cultures and knowledges, and Indigenous education.

Sean Sherman is Oglala Lakota and was born in Pine Ridge, SD. He’s a two-time James Beard Award winning chef, author, educator, and activist. He’s also been awarded a First Peoples Fund Fellowship, Bush Foundation Fellowship, and the National Center’s First American Entrepreneurship Award.

He describes his work as: “the revitalization and awareness of indigenous foods systems in a modern culinary context,” and is the founder of The Sioux Chef as well as co-founder of North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS) and the Indigenous Food Lab.

Links: https://sioux-chef.com/ https://www.natifs.org/ https://www.natifs.org/indigenous-food-lab/

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