Native Knowledge 360°—Native Life and Food: Food Is More Than Just What We Eat (2024)

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What is Native knowledge 360? ›

Native Knowledge 360° (NK360°) provides educators and students with new perspectives on Native American history and cultures. Most Americans have only been exposed to part of the story, as told from a single perspective through the lenses of popular media and textbooks.

Corn, beans and squash, called the Three Sisters by many tribes, serve as key pillars in the Native American diet and is considered a sacred gift from the Great Spirit. Together, the plants provide complete nutrition, while offering an important lesson in environmental cooperation.

What Native Americans ate depended greatly on their geography and culture. Most tribes were hunter-gatherers, foraging for wild vegetation and hunting and fishing for meat. They ate foods such as berries, edible roots, seeds and nuts, deer, bison, salmon, and birds.

Wild/indigenous foods include wild plants, animals and insects that are not cultivated or reared in captivity and are sometimes considered minor or underutilized species, and include roots and tubers, vegetables and leafy vegetables, fruits, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals gathered for food (FAO and ...

The BIA General Assistance Program is a once-a-month financial assistance payment to the qualified applicant. The payment is a set rate based on household size and income. This program is for Members of Federally Recognized tribes who have little-to-no income.

Eat fresh fruits and vegetables, especially dark green, red, and orange vegetables such as bell peppers, berries, apples, squash, and salads. Eat small portions of healthy proteins like nuts, seeds, eggs, pasture-fed meat, and wild fish. Snack on whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.

Depending on where they lived, Natives consumed alligators, bears, beavers, buffalo, caribou, deer, moose, ducks, elk, rabbits, a variety of fish (salmon, smelt, bass, trout, sturgeon, etc.), geese, insects, opossums, raccoons, squirrels, turtles, seals, shellfish and whales, to name a few animals.

That is to say: North Americans discovered caffeine long before Europeans “discovered” North America. Cassina, or black drink, the caffeinated beverage of choice for indigenous North Americans, was brewed from a species of holly native to coastal areas from the Tidewater region of Virginia to the Gulf Coast of Texas.

Also, James Adair mentioned that the Indians did not use any kind of milk, he also stated that “None of the Indians however eat any kind of raw salads, they reckon such food is only fit for brutes” [26]. Berries and fruits were eaten raw, but most other foods were cooked.

Native Americans typically do not drink milk. Among the Apache and Navajo tribes, one should not eat snake, bear, reptiles or fish meat.

What fruits did Native Americans eat? ›

Along with potatoes, many other foods—including corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, peppers, tomatoes, yams, peanuts, wild rice, chocolate, pineapples, avocados, papayas, pecans, strawberries, cranberries, and blueberries, to name a few, are indigenous to the Americas.

Important crops and wild foods included pumpkins, wild rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, eggs, honey, a variety of nuts, cranberries, strawberries, wild plums, roots, greens, and a huge variety of other fruits and vegetables.

The consensus, however, is that whenever possible, Native people prefer to be called by their specific tribal name. In the United States, Native American has been widely used but is falling out of favor with some groups, and the terms American Indian or Indigenous American are preferred by many Native people.

Indigenous Knowledge is a body of observations, oral and written knowledge, innovations, practices, and beliefs developed by Tribes and Indigenous Peoples through interaction and experience with the environment. 11 It is applied to phenomena across biological, physical, social, cultural, and spiritual systems.

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User Experience: Native UI provides a familiar look and feel to users as it adheres to the interface guidelines and standards of the operating system. This ensures that users can easily navigate and interact with the application, reducing the learning curve and enhancing overall satisfaction.

Native American people's belief structure usually centers around a central primary God served by a pantheon of gods and spirits. There is typically a counterpart to God, an evil presence, or nature that controls its pantheon of spirits.