Sep 27, 2024 | Announcements, Indigenous Food Lab, NĀTIFS
MINNEAPOLIS —SEPTEMBER 23, 2024—The Independent has named Sean Sherman, founder and executive director of non-profit North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS), award-winning chef of Owamni in Minneapolis and advocate for Indigenous foodways, to its...
Aug 2, 2024 | Announcements, Indigenous Food Lab, NĀTIFS
NATIFS is hosting Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the Minnesota State Fair. You can find us at Dan Patch Park on Sunday, August 25th with programming running from 9-5 pm CT. Alongside Indigenous community organizations, businesses and partners: Native American Community...
Jul 30, 2024 | Indigenous Food Lab, Uncategorized
With one of the most notoriously difficult reservations to get in the country that a quip about it made it into the national TV series “Unprisoned,” Owamni by The Sioux Chef has a proportionally busy kitchen– in part due to its surprisingly small footprint. An...
Apr 8, 2024 | Indigenous Food Lab, NĀTIFS
Since its founding, NATIFS has received internship requests from all over the world. Some people simply want to “stage” at Owamni (a restaurant term for when an aspiring chef spends a period of time learning from a professional kitchen) but others want a broader...
Feb 28, 2024 | Indigenous Food Lab, NĀTIFS
Indigenous communities around the world, along with the NATIFS team, have an annual tradition of heading out in the spring to collect sap from trees that usually start flowing in late March to early May. Black Elk and the NATIFS team decided to use the early...
Feb 14, 2024 | Indigenous Food Lab, NĀTIFS
Anyone who has been obsessed with the flavors of Owamni or Indigenous Food Lab– and there are lots of us– is in luck, as NATIFS and Indigenous Food Lab roll out its ongoing education class programming– programming that goes far beyond recipe videos, or how to apply...