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1/13/2015 6 Comments

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original native foods

A partial list of the foods originally developed or discovered by Indian people
(Most of these foods were Indigenous only to the Americas, meaning they did not grow anywhere else in the world)

Corn - all types including sweet, flint & popcorn

Beans - almost all types including: Pinto, Lima, Kidney, Navy, Red, White, Black, Green (String, Pole, French, Snap), Butter, Great Northern and Wax

Squash - all types including Zucchini, Acorn, Spaghetti, Crook-neck, Summer, Winter and Butternut

Tomato - all types including Red, Yellow and Orange, from cherry to melon size

Potato - 250 varieties grown (20 varieties are 75% of total harvest)
3,000 varieties were developed by the Incas

Cacao (Cocoa & Chocolate come from this)

Peppers - all types including Green, Chili and Banana

Herbal Tea

Sunflowers (the seeds and oil as well),
Avocado
Cashews
Hominy
Passion Fruit
Vanilla
Catfish
Grits
Hickory Nuts
Cayenne
Pumpkin
Gum
Pomegranates
Peanuts
Jerky
Wild Rice
Sweet Potato
Agave
Chokecherry
Maple Syrup
Sassafras (Tea, & flavoring of Root Beer)
Catnip
Manioc or Cassava (Tapioca Pudding)
Mesquite
Ramps (wild leeks)
Wintergreen Mint
Paprika
Allspice
Pecan
Black Walnut
Acorn
Beechnut (fine quality oil)
Barbeque
Blackberry

Jerusalem Artichoke
Chilies
Tortillas
Persimmon
Yams
Arrowroot (starchy flour)
Prickly Pear Cactus
Pineapple
Guava
Papaya
Pawpaw
Blueberry
Strawberry
Mulberry
Cranberry
Huckleberry
Clams
Scallops
Shrimp
Crayfish
Turkey
Bison
Moose
Caribou
Musk Ox
Antelope
Opossum
Armadillo
White Tailed Deer
Alligator
Potato Chips
Tabasco Sauce
Succotash
Click here to see what cool foods Native people are still making today!
6 Comments
Robert Keel
1/13/2015 01:44:02 am

John, I enjoyed your talk on our confrence call for ICAE / AT&T very much. I would love to chat with you some time about food. I could spend hours talking about what McDonalds and others have done to our way of life. BTW. ..The Tanka bars on your page indicate they are 13oz. Every bar I have ever seen is 1oz. Is this a typo? Some may be offended if they order and get 1oz instead of 13oz bar. May Mother bless and protect you.

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Dawn O'Keefe Williams link
1/20/2015 01:26:54 pm

Hi John Two Hawks. I enjoyed the conference call for ICAE at AT&T. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have produced events and fundraising the last couple of years for ICAE/Prairie Winds Council in the Chicagoland area (Hoffman Estates) Illinois. Through ICAE I had the privilege of fundraising for Trickster Art Gallery in Schaumburg and the American Indian Center in Chicago. I met Adam Kessle who wrote the book "Zombie Gardening" (finding foods that are considered "wild" that is edible). I also produced an event for both ICAE and Trickster Art Gallery on "Zero Composting" featuring Mindy Agnew who is degreed in waste management and composting including worm composting. It has been a great journey thanks to ICAE and speakers like yourself. I look forward to learning more form your talks. Thank you, Dawn

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Eileen faries
2/5/2015 06:07:28 am

John I love your music and am inspired by your wisdom

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Terri Calomino
2/10/2015 06:51:16 am

John - so sorry to have missed your discusion today, but I love the blog! Can't wait for my tea order (I use to buy whenever I'd head back to SD to visit family, but it's been a while so I'm glad to have another source! :) I look forward to next month's program.

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Katy V link
3/29/2018 10:21:40 am

Oh so all the food you have mentioned are really first developed by Indian people?

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Vegan Voodoo link
9/9/2023 03:07:25 am

Hello nice post

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