Event Title
Native American Food Practice and Provisioning
Location
Room 320, Hogan Campus Center, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.
Start Date
1-6-2015 1:30 PM
End Date
1-6-2015 2:45 PM
Description
Join our panelists for a discussion of the history, roles, and uses of food in maintaining indigenous cultures. This panel considers the Native food sovereignty movement and the creative ways that some museums have connected with Native food production; cooking traditions and the perpetuation of culture; and the continuities from past into present in approaches to Native American cuisine.
Moderator:
- Kathleen Barker, Assistant Director of Education & Public Programs, Massachusetts Historical Society
Presenters:
- Elizabeth Hoover, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies, Brown University
- Rachel Sayet, Mashpee Archives
- Loren Spears, Executive Director, Tomaquag Museum
Native American Food Practice and Provisioning
Room 320, Hogan Campus Center, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.
Join our panelists for a discussion of the history, roles, and uses of food in maintaining indigenous cultures. This panel considers the Native food sovereignty movement and the creative ways that some museums have connected with Native food production; cooking traditions and the perpetuation of culture; and the continuities from past into present in approaches to Native American cuisine.
Moderator:
- Kathleen Barker, Assistant Director of Education & Public Programs, Massachusetts Historical Society
Presenters:
- Elizabeth Hoover, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies, Brown University
- Rachel Sayet, Mashpee Archives
- Loren Spears, Executive Director, Tomaquag Museum
