A selection of Indigenous recipes, foodways, and traditions

Read by Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) & Rachel Beth Sayet or Ákitusut  (Mohegan)

Drawing of three baskets, with corn in the center, berries in a birchbark basket on the right, and beans on the left.

Mohegan Food

By Faith Damon Davison (Mohegan), from Dawnland Voices: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing from New England, edited by Siobhan Senier, Nebraska, 2014. Audio by Rachel Beth Sayet or Ákitusut  (Mohegan), a participating artist and Boundless Advisory Committee member.

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Mohegan Succotash

Mohegan Succotash from Melissa Fawcett, M. J., Lasting of the Mohegans. Uncasville, CT: Mohegan Tribe, 1995. Audio by Rachel Beth Sayet or Ákitusut (Mohegan), participating artist, and Boundless Advisory Committee member.

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Black and white print of three apples’ silhouettes, with the central one showing its core.

Apples

Apples by Gladys Widdiss (Aquinnah Wampanoag), from: Wampanoag Cookery, copyright Boston Children’s Museum, American Science & Engineering, 1974. Audio by Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag), participating artist, and Boundless Advisory Committee member.

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Black and white print depicting four raccoons: two facing left at the top left and bottom right corners, and two facing right at the top right and bottom left

Raccoon Pie

Raccoon Pie by Helen Attaquin (Aquinnah Wampanoag), from Wampanoag Cookery, copyright Boston Children’s Museum, American Science & Engineering, 1974. Audio by Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag), participating artist, and Boundless Advisory Committee member.

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Black and white print of a row of five strawberries leaning against each other.

Modern Day Narragansett
Strawberry Bread

Modern Day Narragansett Strawberry Bread from, Dale Carson’s New Native American Cooking. New York: Random House, 1996. Audio by Rachel Beth Sayet or Ákitusut  (Mohegan), participating artist, and Boundless Advisory Committee member.

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Cherry Root

Cherry Root by Gladys Widdiss (Aquinnah Wampanoag), from Wampanoag Cookery, copyright Boston Children’s Museum, American Science & Engineering, 1974. Audio by Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag), participating artist, and Boundless Advisory Committee member.

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Illustrations from Wampanoag Cookery, copyright Boston Children’s Museum, American Science & Engineering, 1974.