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Indigikitchen: Healing from trauma through traditional foodways | Mariah Gladstone | TEDxBozeman


Translator: Yousra Shibeika Auditor: Riyad Almubarak
I will speak today about the colonization of the Americas.
Usually when we talk about colonialism, linked exclusively to Columbus
Smallpox, wars Indians, treaties violated, and the reserves …
I do not want to talk about these topics.
I want to talk about the colonization of the food.
Rarely hear about the systematic extermination animal bison
As a means of starving indigenous people.
Rarely hear about the construction of dams
It led to curb fish from the diet tribes higher river
Rarely hear about turning fishermen Almitrhalin
Farmers to reap the barren lands.
By the late nineteenth century, most of the eastern tribes
Fully accredited, depending on government food rations.
These quotas and turned into programs of food commodities
Which was issued limited numbers of flour, sugar and lard
This was the beginning of fried bread
Tasty!
Quite devastating for the population of the native
To clarify, this was a big leap from the traditional Hmyatna.
As a member of NATO Blackfoot
I lived my ancestors in Montana for more than twelve thousand years.
We grow up with what comes out of the ground.
Before the destruction of the tribes Albaison
The rate of consumption of meat Albaison seven and a half pounds per man.
Although the weight of the meat was estimated at a fresh
But it was eaten and is dry.
Apart from that, the meat is 90% of the food Hmyatna.
If we feed us roots and berries,
But our bodies are used to digest foods rich in protein.
Our bodies were stored so fat does not burn quickly.
The interest appears when few times the food
Now, the situation is dangerous.
Studies have shown a lot
That the native population is facing several problems, including obesity and malnutrition,
And also the diseases associated with them.
CDC estimated that half of the children of the native population
They will develop type II diabetes.
This is 50%.
The average life expectancy of the population of the native
Less than the rest of the population average for twenty years.
We can not blame the wars of the Indians and smallpox now.
We have health problems and based Hmyatna.
Residents asked the native themselves in all parts of the country
How do we fix the situation?
The solution lies in food sovereignty and resettlement Hmyatna.
Food sovereignty is the right of the people
To get healthy eating, and inexpensive, culturally appropriate
And it should be a source of methods harmless to the environment.
The simplest explanation of the matter
Let me tell you about my home.
I am from the Blackfoot Reserve bordering Glacier National Park.
An area of ​​a million and a half acres.
For comparison, this is almost the state of Delaware space
In this place, there is only Bakaltan
Containing the fresh fruits and vegetables. Both are in the same city.
In most areas easier for you to find a bag of chips or cans of Spam
That you find healthy foods.
We lived on this land for more than twelve thousand years
The society is suffering to feed himself still.
Quoting the words of Winona Adjok
“Us how to be with the rule and we do not appreciate to feed ourselves?”
Wonderful in this subject is that all you eat my ancestors old
Currently it exists, and is still healthy.
The problem is that we are not talking about the subject.
In any case, what is the traditional eating basically?
What classifies pre-contact?
It is clear that the native population was their meat
Bison and moose, elk, deer, fish, and squirrels.
As for the farmers, there was the three sisters
Corn, beans, pumpkin
In addition to tomatoes, sunflowers, wild rice.
Kammel many of the native population Hmyatem berries and roots and nuts.
All this and we still do not know what we do.
To combat this problem
It established a cooking program on the Internet and call it “Andjeki_n”
It is a linguistic mixture that includes “Andiginos” and “Getal” and “Kitchen”.
My goal is that I attract the native population and other people
To food sovereignty and traditional food.
Implementation will not be difficult, the Stone Age Diet (Albeleu)
Popular among everyone
(Laughter)
Diet era ALMA is a diet before Colombian Bellew local, they are for all.
Certainly your body prefers not to eat Tnok processor.
The preservatives are made so that nothing happens to food
But our bodies need a lot of energy to dismantle these materials.
This prevents energy from the rest of the body
Of the brain, muscles, and organs.
In the end, your body works better
When traditional food for your endorsement diet.
Please do not misunderstand what I mean, I do not mean that hinted
That any other traditional food is unhealthy.
But there aside spiritual
Lies in our ancestors ate food.
Indigenous people knew their dependence on the Earth’s life cycle
This was reflected in Hmyatna.
I held a celebration of the harvest ceremony, and sang songs
Danced dances, and prayers were read
For all objects that sacrificed her life
To sponsor our existence.
We can improve the health of individuals, families, communities
And villages, nations from colonialism to rid Hmyatna.
Significantly, this strengthens our relationship
Spirituality Bomna earth.
For the population of the native, the resettlement of diet
By the appreciation of the wisdom of our ancestors.
Besides seeing the values ​​inherent in us.
The adoption of this diet for the population is the native,
It means putting years of ancient civilizations in mind
And also the contributions of indigenous peoples.
Together, can traditional viruses that
Give a high-style life. This includes the body and spirit.
Manage your food source when you sit to eat next time.
What is the distance made to receive?
Was your ancestors Saattabrh food?
The most important topic,
Will you nourish your body and soul?
Real wealth is a measure of health
Every longer life, and re-link the spiritual revival of the real to eat.
(clap)
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