Celebrating Indigenous Foodways with Chef Sean Sherman

The latest episode of the You Can’t Eat Money podcast is with Chef Sean Sherman, the co-founder and co-owner of Owamni and co-founder of NATIFS, including the Indigenous Food Lab. Chef Sean was recently in the headlines when his restaurant Owamni in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was awarded Best New Restaurant from the James Beard Foundation for 2022. He is also the author of the best selling book The Sioux Chef and is involved in the BIPOC Foodways Alliance, which is working to end white supremacy through food. In this episode we cover a variety of topics including… – Chef Sean’s time as a US Forest Service Surveyor in the northern Black Hills as a teenager – History of systemic violence in the U.S. to separate indigenous people from their land and culture, including their traditional foodways – What a decolonized North American cuisine looks like – How Owamni helps create a greater connection between people, their food and the place they are eating A few items referenced in the episode… Owamni – https://owamni.com NATIFS – https://www.natifs.org Commodity Food Program – https://civileats.com/2021/11/01/after-a-fraught-history-some-tribes-finally-have-the-power-to-rethink-commodity-foods/ The Sioux Chef Book – https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-sioux-chef Chef Sean Sherman’s TED Talk – https://youtu.be/Vrui-OctNEk