After centuries of colonization

and like every journey

The Trailblazer books feature positive role models for Native students while providing non-Native students with a view of Indigenous people today

" —from the Prologue

“Indian Casinos Make Them All Rich”

Corn Dance: Inspired First American Cuisine visual arts After centuries of colonizationGrowing up in Shawnee, Oklahoma, among a host of grandmothers and aunties, Loretta Barrett Oden learned the lessons and lore of Potawatomi cooking, along with those of her fathers family, whose ancestors arrived on the Mayflower. This rich cultural blend came to bear in the iconic restaurant she opened in Santa Fe, the Corn Dance Caf, where many of the dishes in this book had their debut, setting Loretta on her path to fame as one of the most