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A divide within the Native American community of Chicago took center stage in Rogers Park at what was meant to be a celebration and news conference hosted by the Indigenous Peoples’ Day Coalition-Illinois while green, red and white flags soared in the air downtown as Italian-Americans instead celebrated Columbus Day.

The Noble Square empanada restaurant was used as a platform for the owners’ church

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Indigenous headlines for Monday, Aug. 29, 2022

Traditional Indigenous foods — like wild rice, bison, fresh vegetables and fruit in the Midwest — are often inaccessible for Native families with low incomes in urban areas, and the recent inflation spike has propelled these foods even further out of reach

Blueberry bison tamales, harvest salad with mixed greens, creamy carrot and wild rice soup, roasted turkey with squash.

Traditional Native American foods often aren’t available or are too expensive for Native families. And inflation has propelled these foods even further out of reach.

Traditional Indigenous foods often are inaccessible for Native families with low incomes in urban areas, and the recent inflation spike has propelled these foods even further out of reach.

CHICAGO—Blueberry bison tamales, harvest salad with mixed greens, creamy carrot and wild rice soup, roasted turkey with squash. This contemporary Native American meal, crafted from the traditional foods of tribes across the United States and prepared with “Ketapanen”—a Menominee expression of love—cost caterer Jessica Pamonicutt $976 to feed a group…

Traditional Indigenous foods are often unavailable or too expensive for Native families, and the recent inflation spike has propelled these foods even further out of reach.