Welcome to Cherokee Kitchen, a collaboration with Cherokee Choices and EBCI Public Health & Human Services Division. In this episode, Onita Bush teaches us how to make traditional teas from plants native to Cherokee, North Carolina. View Onita’s full profile >
Maxine’s goal was to ensure the Yuchi language was passed to the next generations. She effectuated her legacy using the Spirit Aligned Leadership Program to sustain and support her efforts. For some time, she was the last fluent Yuchi speaker – before she passed, she accomplished her goal in transferring…
Maxine speaks in her Yuchi language, requesting future generations to “fulfill the old traditions, the old ways… I don’t forget about the old ways, I always think about those things.” She highlights the importance of the stories her family passed down to her and how we must listen for the…
GwaaGanad recalls a rich life of tradition in her beautiful homeland. She shares the many names she has been gifted and the many elders whose lives touched hers. As a very young girl, GwaaGanad’s mother took her to the forest, showed her four medicines, and taught her what they were…
Winter counts are pictorial calendars or histories in which tribal records and events were recorded by Native Americans in North America. This particular winter count provides key events in Henrietta’s lifetime. View Henrietta’s full profile >
Listen in as Henrietta Man, Ho’e-oesta-oo-nah’e, shares a bit about herself and her life as a woman in academia and as a leader within her community. While taking on the role of a Prayer Cloth Woman is a bit more private for Henrietta, she is still very proud to express…
“If these two women had not survived, and had the brave hearts that they do, I might not have been here.” Dr. Henrietta Mann relates Cheyenne history through her family, including her two great grandmothers who survived the massacres at Sand Creek and along the Washita River. Through this intimate…
Loretta Afraid of Bear Cook takes the viewer through the traditional preparation of food used by the Oceti Sakowinin in “Sacred Food Spoke.” The food used for ceremonies, such as the Sun Dance, which happens once a year, must be gathered with their season and stored or prepared prior to…
You don’t teach everyone the same weave because then they won’t need each other. Chehalis elder, Yvonne Peterson, walks us through the generational journey of her family as they negotiated the impact of Federal Indian Policy with frankness and insight. Both of her parents were “boarding school survivors.” She recounts…
