Native American restaurants are gaining visibility around the country as chefs help their communities rediscover their cultures and identities through food.
among historically marginalized and excluded people, including movements such as Black Lives Matter and Stop Asian Hate.
The collection of cultures represented or acknowledged on Native menus reflects the complex realities of Native existence being uprooted into historic ghettos such as Oklahoma, which was known for decades merely as Indian Territory before becoming a state in 1907 . A recent menu included charred deer sticks with chokecherry sauce, oxtail stew with heirloom corn, green chile rabbit tamales, bison meatballs with blueberry sauce, wild native mushroom pumpkin seed mole, Mayan chocolate acorn crepes with maple cream, blue corn waffles with seasonal berries, smoked squash tacos, and cedar-smoked sweet potato tostadas.
Across the board, Native chefs describe their motivation for legacy not as an act of vanity but one of duty.
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