Manoomini Giizis Dinner (Dinner of the Wild Rice Moon) with The Sioux Chef is scheduled at Lutheran Church of the Cross in Nisswa, MN on August 27. Chef Sean Sherman is an Oglala Lakota, who was born in Pine Ridge, SD. Chef has been for cooking for the last 27 years, but recently his main culinary focus has been on the "pre-reservation" indigenous knowledge of wild and traditionally cultivated food history. Wild rice is a sacred part of this tradition and its significance in native culture will be recognized at the event.
For indigenous tribes of the Midwest, Manoomin, is considered a gift from the Creator and a source of spiritual as well as bodily sustenance. Manoomin is more than a crop; it is an entity with which native peoples share a relationship.
The specter of oil seeping into sacred grounds and destroying a culture and public health is real.
Consider the recent massive spill of tar sands oil on a Nexen Energy "failsafe" pipeline in Alberta last week, and you begin to understand why Enbridge Corporation has a real fight on its hands here in northern Minnesota where it is retooling aging infrastructure that threatens a way of life of a people poor in possessions but rich in all things spiritual.
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