Native American Chef Wins Prestigious Food Award

EXT

CECILY HILLEARY

VOAnews.com

Trust MarkWhy you can trust us
Article image
This story was filed on

WASHINGTON — A Native American chef has been awarded one of the food industry’s highest honors for his efforts in revitalizing traditional indigenous food systems in North America.

Sean Sherman chef and member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe Indigenous man cooking speaking wearing black clothes and black hair in long braids
Sean Sherman: Indigenous Foodways of the Midwest

On Tuesday, the James Beard Foundation (JBF) announced that Sean Sherman, a member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota and founder/CEO of The Sioux Chef is to receive a Leadership Award for his work in helping Native Americans reclaim historic food and agricultural systems.

Beard awards, which Time magazine has dubbed “the Oscars” of the American food industry, are given out annually in a number of categories; the 2019 Leadership Award celebrates food system ” visionaries” and acknowledges Sherman’s extensive research into diverse Native American farming techniques, wild food usage and harvesting, land stewardship, food preservation, as well as tribal cultures and histories…

… READ THE FULL STORY HERE.

Support the Documenters Program!