Indigenous Foods Class Series 2024

October 9, 2024

We are honored to partner again this November with the Indigenous Food Network to present a series of free cooking and lecture workshops. Local members of Native-led organizations will share their ancestral knowledge while exploring the nutritional and cultural significance of recipes using traditional ingredients. Instructors will share their expertise on sourcing, sustainability, and environmental impacts on local and native-grown foods.

All classes this year are virtual via Zoom. You can register for individual classes via the Eventbrite links below.

You can view more recipes and videos of past classes here.

Presented by Seward Co-op and the Indigenous Food Network
2024 marks the fourth year of the Indigenous Foods Class Series, a program developed through Seward Co-op’s long-term partnership with Dream of Wild Health, one of the oldest and longest operating Native American-led and focused nonprofits in the Twin Cities.

Our collaboration with Dream of Wild Health includes our partnership with the Indigenous Food Network (IFN), a collaborative of Nativeled community organizations in Minneapolis who are working together to rebuild a sovereign food system.

By hosting this annual class series every November, we honor our relationship with Dream of Wild Health and the Indigenous Food Network, and are proud to support IFN in their goal of creating a Native American urban model for food sovereignty.

Squash Bread

Thursday, Nov 7, 6-7:00pm

Join Vanessa in making an autumn Squash Bread using Seminole squash, a sweet and bright flavored squash, along with maple and coconut sugar. This versatile recipe can also be made using butternut squash, acorn squash, or another similarly flavored squash in place of Seminole. Vanessa will also show you how to swap out other ingredients based on what you have available in your pantry and what works with your budget.

Vanessa Casillas (Ho-Chunk; Dream of Wild Health)

A graphic for a class in the Indigenous Foods Class Series on Squash Bread

REGISTER HERE

REGISTER HERE

Indigenous “Seafood” Boil

Thursday, Nov 14, 5-6:00pm

Join Derek and Hope for a “seafood” boil featuring clams, crayfish, hominy, wild potatoes, and bison or moose sausage.

Hope Flanagan (Tonawanda Band of Seneca, Dream of Wild Health)
Derek Nicholas (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, Division of Indian Work)

Rosehip Syrup

Friday, Nov 15, 6-7:00 p.m.

In this class, Two Sisters Herbals founders Francesca and Jessica will show how to make a syrup using rosehips, the seed-filled bulbs that grow at the base of the blossom of a wild rose. They will also discuss the herbs that will be worked with that are supportive with rosehips and the different recipes that you can make utilizing this syrup.

Francesca Garcia and Jessica Ferlaak (Rarámuri [Tarahumara], Yoeme [Yaqui] & Mexican; Two Sisters Herbals)

A graphic for a class in the Indigenous Foods Class Series on Rosehip Syrup

REGISTER HERE

REGISTER HERE

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup, Mixed Nut Cookie Bars

Wednesday, Nov 20 6-7:00pm
Join Simone in making a warming butternut squash soup followed by a sweet and nutritious cookie bar made from a variety of mixed nuts.

Simone Rendon (White Earth/Pine Ridge Oglala descendant, Department of Indian Work)

Wild Rice Stuffed Peppers

Thursday, Nov 21 6-7pm

Learn about wild rice and how to make wild rice stuffed peppers with Marissa.

Marissa Johnson (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe, Dream of Wild Health)

REGISTER HERE