St. Paul hosts first Native American food truck festival
Minnesota’s first Native American food truck festival drew large crowds to Harriet Island Regional Park in St. Paul on July 5, according to KARE 11. The one-day event featured several Native-owned and co-owned food trucks, along with more than a dozen vendors selling handmade Indigenous goods.
Mariah Grant, co-owner of Trickster Tacos, organized the event to mark her business’s fifth anniversary. “Instead of an anniversary party we wanted to do something bigger and better for the community,” Grant said. Some customers of Pow Wow Grounds Frybread Factory stood in line for two-and-a-half hours, telling KARE 11 the food was worth the wait. Artists Courtney Cochran of Skoden Studio and Aiyana Kline of Gingko Wolf also participated in the festival, sharing their work and cultural expression.
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