Containing over seventy-five recipes — including his award-winning dish "War Paint" — along with personal stories

offering a brief biography and noting important details concerning dialect or themes

Frances Densmore (1867–1957) was a Minnesota-born ethnologist with the Smithsonian Institution who specialized in the study of American Indian culture

a rich ecosystem of farmers

four Indian elders recount their life stories in their own quiet but uncompromising words

Tawâw: Progressive Indigenous Cuisine Pekuakamiulnuatsh Containing over seventy-five recipes —taww [ta wow; Cree]: "Welcome, there is room." Born to Cree parents and raised by a Mtis father and Mi'kmaw British mother, Shane M. Chartrand has spent the past fifteen years learning about his history, visiting with other First Nations peoples, gathering and sharing knowledge and stories, and creating dishes that combine his diverse interests and express his unique personality. The result is taww: Progressive Indigenous Cuisine, a gorgeous book that