June 28, 2020
New Indigenous Food Lab Looks to Mend a Broken System
Author: Lindsay Campbell
Sean Sherman sees a lot of oppression when he thinks about the world that Indigenous people live in. The Oglala Lakota chef, who is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has spent many years trying to change that with food.
In 2014, Sherman started the Sioux Chef, an Indigenous catering and education business, but noticed quickly that there was a greater need to help heal his community from the effects of colonization by reconnecting them with the original food of his ancestors.
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