Native Roots

Let's look at a meal that better reflects a traditional northern plains food pattern.

Traditional Northern Plains Meal

This meal better reflects our traditional mix of nutrients and tastes great too. The only substitution is bannock bread for fry bread and nixing the highly processed cake that never belonged in a traditional meal anyway. At less than 500 calories, this meal fits well with even diabetic meal patterns. It is generous with carbohydrate as compared to genuine traditional eating which did not feature wheat breads. Traditional herbal teas are loaded with antioxidants which protect cells from oxidative damage that harms and ages cells prematurely. So use teas instead of coffee. Don't forget to offer water.

Frybread is here to stay, so let's enjoy it in moderation at special gatherings. Let's also enjoy some of our real traditional foods, like our soups, berries, buffalo, wild rice, corn, salmon, or whatever foods nourished your people in traditional times. These same foods offer our generation the same healing and nourishing power they gave our people before.