Say ‘Aho!’ to Native American food
The News Review:
- Say ‘Aho!’ to Native American food
- Nampeyo: Grande Dame of Hopi Pottery
- Feds take steps toward new tribal health center in Yuma
Say ‘Aho!’ to Native American food
Channel News Asia – Apr 28, 2008
Mr Thomas Ng Indoguna’s meat and portion control manager said the company first imported bison meat in 2000 and distributed it to top restaurants such as Les Amis. A year later supply was disrupted due the mad cow disease scare. When he saw bison offered at the American Indian Foods booth at FHA 2008 he immediately thought to resume imports. Mr Ng plans to seek the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority’s permission. Although bison meat may cost about twice as much as beef Mr Ng thinks the Singapore market is ready for it. “Bison meat is leaner” he said. “The price of wagyu beef is so high but the average person is now taking it… “Bison meat is leaner” he said. “The price of wagyu beef is so high but the average person is now taking it. The appeal of American Indian food lies beyond dollars and cents every product tells a long and sometimes mystical story. For example the Anasazi bean in a patchwork of cream and maroon colours is said to have been unearthed in a 1500-year-old pot by an anthropologist in New Mexico in 1980. Some of them germinated and the beans got re-cultivated. ne virtue of the beans which can be used for meat and chilli stew is that they don’t cause as much flatulence as other beans said retired college lecturer-turned-farmer Joseph Jaramillo 64 who is an Isleta Pueblo Indian. His New Mexico farm grows 2500 pounds of beans a year and if demand increases Mr Jaramillo hopes to rope in neighbouring landowners to help grow beans for export.
Nampeyo: Grande Dame of Hopi Pottery
pbs.org – Apr 28, 2008
“I don’t know anything about pots or pottery or American Indian artifacts. I just like the design and I like the squished form. Was this beautiful $3 pot made by famed Hopi potter Nampeyo? “Well this is one of those objects that’s rich with potential” Dyer said… “I don’t know anything about pots or pottery or American Indian artifacts. I just like the design and I like the squished form. Was this beautiful $3 pot made by famed Hopi potter Nampeyo? “Well this is one of those objects that’s rich with potential” Dyer said.
Feds take steps toward new tribal health center in Yuma
AZ Central.com – Apr 28, 2008
28 2008 11:27 AM Associated Press YUMA – Federal officials are taking the first steps toward building a new health center for American Indian tribes in the Yuma area. fficials are predicting that a facility could be open by April 2011. “The ball is rolling” said Wes Picciotti public affairs liaison in the Indian Health Services’ office in Phoenix. Instead of a hospital the new facility would be a modern clinic serving the Quechan and Cocopah tribes as well as any other person registered as an American Indian.
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