Native American Heritage: Foodways

In Brief: Help your students grow their knowledge about the roles of Native foods in Oklahoma’s history and heritage.

Full Description: This edition of our bi-annual Native American Heritage program will fill your students’ appetites for learning about Native American’s historical and modern relationship with food, including information about cultural celebrations, geographic migrations of food sources, sustainability of the land, dietary health, and more. This program is complimentary to schools thanks to the generosity of the Cherokee Nation and the Chickasaw Nation.

Grade Divisions: Grades 4-10

Original Publication: Spring 2010 (2009-10 School Year)

Program Components: Teacher’s Guide; Student Workbook; Community wild onion dinner video;Lesson 1; Lesson 2; Lesson 3; Lesson 4