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SUMMARY:The Gift of Hunger and Turkey in Diné Foodways
DESCRIPTION:Stories of Diné food traditions\, both before and after first contact\, reveal deep connections between sustenance\, survival\, and spirit. These include the story of the Nayee’ (monster) hunger and how Turkey saved the precious agricultural seeds. Today\, emerging Diné foodways seek to revive these enduring traditions—resurging what has faded\, while striving to elevate and innovate within the global culinary landscape. Through storytelling and food\, join Mario on this journey of Diné food traditions. \nNote: This presentation will include soup for the audience to enjoy as part of the experience. Please make sure this is okay for your site to have. The presentation can be done without it as well. \n  \nChef Renetto-Mario Etsitty was born on the Navajo Reservation and grew up under the tutelage of his Grandparents. Cooking in his Grandmother’s chuckwagon\, and learning ancestral practices from his Grandfather\, who taught young Mario the techniques to preserve his traditional (Diné) foodways. For Chef Mario\, food always reconnects back to understanding and respecting sacred traditions. His pumpkin tamales showcase two sacred plants\, squash and corn. Which make up the 4 sacred plants\, Corn\, Beans\, Squash\, and Tabacco. When Chef Mario cooks\, his culinary and storytelling abilities allow him to preserve and honor his Diné heritage. Etsitty is the owner of “The REZ”\, an Urban Eatery that caters and provides pop up frybread stands that explore traditional and plant base foods based on the goal of sustainable food practices.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-gift-of-hunger-and-turkey-in-dine-foodways-8/
LOCATION:Glendale Public Library – Foothills Library\, 19055 N. 57th Ave.\, Glendale\, 85308\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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SUMMARY:Grounded: Creating with Land in Contemporary Native American Art
DESCRIPTION:Can we think of a 21st century Arizona through expressions of place inherent in Arizona’s Indigenous arts? In this presentation\, I focus on the representation of place that Indigenous artists in Arizona are making in their art. From jewelry\, to weaving\, to photography\, the lived landscape features prominently in Indigenous art. These expressions signify place\, culture\, tradition\, and national aspirations. As a Diné jeweler with decades of experience in Native art spaces\, I will demonstrate how the stones and materials connect us to our national homelands in Diné bikeyah and are also a representation of longstanding trade routes between tribes in the southwest. I will show how corn – represented in culture and art – is also a product of trade\, and how Diné rugs are intimately linked to the land\, including the wool and dye that comprise it. These are all examples of placemaking in Native Arizona. Ultimately\, Native space is not limited to today’s boundaries but are expressions of kinship and reciprocity to the land and non-human entities that also inhabit it. Indigenous art in Arizona confounds our understanding of Arizona. Art is not just a reflection of what is there\, but an imagined sense of what is possible. \n  \nNanibaa Beck is a 2nd generation Dine’ (Navajo) jeweler. Since 2013\, her work reflects Native creative expressions and the growth of an Dine’ ‘Asdzaa (Navajo woman) as a designer and maker. Being intricately connected to the creative process at an early age motivated Beck to become more knowledgeable about the multifaceted areas surrounding Native American Art. Her anthropology background includes work and fellowships with renowned museums\, including the Heard Museum\, the National Museum of the American Indian\, the Peabody Essex Museum and the Field Museum.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/grounded-creating-with-land-in-contemporary-native-american-art-6/
LOCATION:Mohave County Library District – Lake Havasu City Branch Community Rooms  A/B\, 1770 McCulloch Blvd\, Lake Havasu City\, AZ\, 86403\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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SUMMARY:Arizona's Ark of Taste Foods with Chef Amber Sampson
DESCRIPTION:Chef and Cultural Anthropologist Amber Sampson brings you on a journey of taste around Arizona’s heritage food history. Sampson will expand on Arizona’s Ark of Taste\, a living catalog of foods facing extinction\, including the local\, heritage\, and native foods that are unique to Arizona’s food history. Come learn about favorites\, like White Sonora Wheat\, teapry beans\, and Ark of Taste foods like Black Sphinx dates\, cholla buds\, chilitipin pepper\, and more. In learning about Arizona’s food history\, the people\, producers\, communities\, and cultures behind each bite\, you can better support your local food community and create a more sustainable food system. \n  \nAmber Sampson explores the world through food as a trained professional Chef\, who also holds degrees in Cultural Anthropology\, Food Systems Sustainability\, and a Master’s in Gastronomy. She studied food and race at Harvard University\, brought ancient bread to life with fellow Anthropologists from Yale\, and was awarded the prestigious US Government’s Gilman Scholarship for archeological research with Arizona’s O’odham Nations. Sampson’s work brings present-day relevance to ancient meals\, people\, and cultures\, giving others a taste and connection to our delicious past\, revealing a more sustainable and understanding future. She sits on the Board of Directors for Slow Food Phoenix and was the Arizona representative for the Global Food Security Summit in Washington\, D.C.\, and Terra Madre in Italy in 2024. Sampson has worked for Boston University\, S’edav Va’aki Museum\, Arizona State University\, and the Arizona American Indian Tourism Association. Sampson was awarded the Arizona Humanities 50th anniversary climate conversations grant for a documentary on her food research.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/arizonas-ark-of-taste-foods-with-chef-amber-sampson-11/
LOCATION:pima county public library Nanini Branch\, 7300 N Shannon RD\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85741\, United States
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