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Kaa T'eix's Cook Book
This is a comprehensive cookbook by Mary Howard Pelayo, focusing on traditional Tlingit and Alaskan Native recipes. It is a cultural preservation effort dedicated to mothers, grandmothers, and ancestors who passed down these recipes.
More About This Resource Kaa T'eix's Cook BookIndigiKitchen
Indigikitchen, a portmanteau of Indigenous, digital, and kitchen, is an online cooking show dedicated to re-indigenizing our diets using digital media. Using foods native to their Americas, Indigikitchen gives viewers the important tools they need to find and prepare food in their own communities.
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This book offers health tips, nutritional guidance, and Métis family recipes to inspire healthy living while preserving cultural heritage.
More About This Resource Métis Cookbook and Guide to Healthy LivingSalish Country Cookbook: Traditional Foods and Medicines from the Pacific Northwest
Salish Country Cookbook is a celebration of Salish knowledge with ancient roots in the land and the sea.
More About This Resource Salish Country Cookbook: Traditional Foods and Medicines from the Pacific NorthwestTraditional Methods of Canning and Preserving
The purpose of this project was to capture some of the traditions of the First Nations people of Alberta in the collection, harvesting and preserving of traditional foods. These recipes have been provided by Alberta First Nations and are based on their own experiences and practices.
More About This Resource Traditional Methods of Canning and PreservingVadzaih: Cooking Caribou from Antler to Hoof
In this unique field guide and cookbook, traditional Indigenous recipes for headcheese, ch'itsúh (pemmican) and roasted caribou head share the stage with international fare like caribou heart souvlaki and deep-fried caribou wontons.
More About This Resource Vadzaih: Cooking Caribou from Antler to HoofMétis Strong Stories Series: Pemmican Berries by Leah Marie Dorion
This children's book focuses on the Métis' connection to pemmican.
More About This Resource Métis Strong Stories Series: Pemmican Berries by Leah Marie DorionPlants of Haida Gwaii - Nancy J. Turner
Plants of Haida Gwaii, written with the cooperation and collaboration of Haida knowledge holders and botanical experts, is a detailed and insightful record of the traditional uses of over 150 species of native plants.
More About This Resource Plants of Haida Gwaii - Nancy J. TurnerLet’s Go! A Harvest Story by Hannah Lindoff
Let's Go! is a children's story that teaches about subsistence harvesting activities of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian of Southeast Alaska.
More About This Resource Let’s Go! A Harvest Story by Hannah LindoffTawk'ii Daanaaay Tll Kundsda: Starting a Garden - 10 Things To Grow On Haida Gwaii By Kara Sievewright
Ten sustainable foods to grow on Haida Gwaii. A how-to book to start a garden on Haida Gwaii.
More About This Resource Tawk'ii Daanaaay Tll Kundsda: Starting a Garden - 10 Things To Grow On Haida Gwaii By Kara SievewrightA Feast For All Seasons: Traditional Native People’s Cuisine by Andrew George Jr., Robert Gairns
A Feast for All Seasons has compiled aboriginal recipes that feature ingredients from the land, sea, and sky, elements of an enduring cuisine that illustrate respect for the environment and its creatures, and acknowledgment of the spiritual power that food can have in our lives.
More About This Resource A Feast For All Seasons: Traditional Native People’s Cuisine by Andrew George Jr., Robert GairnsA Tahltan Cookbook: Campfire Cooking (Volume 3)
This cookbook highlights different recipes you can prepare outside over an open fire.
More About This Resource A Tahltan Cookbook: Campfire Cooking (Volume 3)